Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bahah (71 km away). In July its highs average 28.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks 32nd of 35 for the warmest July highs and 30th of 35 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 35 cities is 37.9°C; Sabt Alalayah is 8.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Al Bahah in JulySaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Bariq in JulySaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 27.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Bīshah in JulySaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Abha in JulySaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in JulySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Al Līth in JulySaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 28.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JulySaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ta’if in JulySaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.2 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.