Climate averages 1991–2020

Ta’if weather
in September.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.7°C Daytime mean, September

Average low 22.6°C Night-time mean, September

Rainfall 14 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

September is a hot month in Ta’if: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shafā (24 km away). In September its highs average 27.6°C, 5.1°C cooler than Ta’if, with 26 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ta’if ranks 30th of 35 for the warmest September highs and 28th of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Ta’if is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 8.8 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ta’if, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Ta’if

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 limits

How 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.