Climate averages 1991–2020
Ta’if weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ta’if: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shafā (24 km away). In October its highs average 24.3°C, 4.8°C cooler than Ta’if, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ta’if ranks 30th of 35 for the warmest October highs and 28th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Ta’if is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 13 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Makkah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Al Līth in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Jeddah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Bahah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Rābigh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bīshah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.2 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.