Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bahah (71 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, 1.7°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks 31st of 35 for the warmest August highs and 31st of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Sabt Alalayah is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Sabt Alalayah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 37 | 11.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 6.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 53 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 46 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.011 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
August in nearby cities
- Al Bahah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Bariq in AugustSaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Bīshah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Abha in AugustSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 218 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in AugustSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 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 Sabt Alalayah) is explained once on the Sabt Alalayah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.