Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In October its highs average 30.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sakakah, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 25th of 35 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Sakakah is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.4°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 9.6 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Arar in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ha'il in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Qurayyat in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Tabuk in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Rukban in OctoberJordan · 398 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Najaf in OctoberIraq · 456 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Zarqa in OctoberJordan · 457 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Russeifa in OctoberJordan · 457 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 5.9 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.