Climate averages 1991–2020
Rābigh weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Rābigh: daytime highs average 37.2°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (146 km away). In September its highs average 34.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Rābigh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Rābigh ranks 16th of 35 for the warmest September highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Rābigh is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Rābigh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 37.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September, selected | 37.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.811 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Jeddah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Makkah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Yanbu in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 26.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Madinah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 25.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ta’if in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Līth in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 321 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 28.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Bahah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 399 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 130 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Rābigh) is explained once on the Rābigh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.