Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bahah (71 km away). In October its highs average 24.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks 32nd of 35 for the warmest October highs and 30th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Sabt Alalayah is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 6.6 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Bahah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Bariq in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Bīshah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Abha in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Al Līth in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ta’if in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.8 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.