Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 37.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In September its highs average 36.6°C, about as warm as Sakakah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks joint 17th of 35 for the warmest September highs and joint 13th of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Sakakah is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Arar in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Ha'il in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Qurayyat in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Tabuk in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Rukban in SeptemberJordan · 398 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Najaf in SeptemberIraq · 456 kmHigh 40.8°C · Low 24.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Zarqa in SeptemberJordan · 457 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Russeifa in SeptemberJordan · 457 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 1.1 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.