Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in September.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Şabyā: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 29.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jizan (30 km away). In September its highs average 35.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Şabyā, with 5.1 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks joint 22nd of 35 for the warmest September highs and 30th of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Şabyā is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 24 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
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, selected | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Jizan in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 30.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Abha in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 190 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Najrān in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bariq in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 70 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in SeptemberYemen · 217 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Sanaa in SeptemberYemen · 261 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in SeptemberYemen · 264 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.3°C · 12 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.