Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Şabyā: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jizan (30 km away). In October its highs average 33.5°C, about as warm as Şabyā, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks 10th of 35 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Şabyā is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 15 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
Şabyā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 35.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 11 | 3.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 35.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 42 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 34.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.111 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
- Jizan in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 28.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Abha in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Najrān in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Bariq in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 26 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in OctoberYemen · 217 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Sanaa in OctoberYemen · 261 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in OctoberYemen · 264 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 27.2°C · 13 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 Şabyā) is explained once on the Şabyā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.