Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 40.3°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In August its highs average 40.2°C, about as warm as Sakakah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 12th of 35 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Sakakah is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 37.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Sakakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 6.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 40.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 7.2 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
- Arar in AugustSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Ha'il in AugustSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Qurayyat in AugustSaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Tabuk in AugustSaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Rukban in AugustJordan · 398 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Najaf in AugustIraq · 456 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zarqa in AugustJordan · 457 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Russeifa in AugustJordan · 457 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.1 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 Sakakah) is explained once on the Sakakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.