Climate averages 1991–2020
Ta’if weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ta’if: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shafā (24 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 4.7°C cooler than Ta’if, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ta’if ranks 30th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Ta’if is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 14 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
Ta’if climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 33 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 35 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 25 | 6.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 13.413 h |
| July | 33.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 15 | 4.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 14 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.8 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 10.911 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
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Jeddah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Rābigh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Bīshah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 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 Ta’if) is explained once on the Ta’if year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.