Climate averages 1991–2020
Unaizah 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 Unaizah: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°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 20 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buraydah (25 km away). In September its highs average 39.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Unaizah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Unaizah ranks 9th 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; Unaizah is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.2 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
Unaizah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 41.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September, selected | 39.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 28 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.511 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
- Buraydah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 25 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ar Rass in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 181 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Ha'il in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 278 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Riyadh in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 315 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 324 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Kharj in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 399 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 0 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 Unaizah) is explained once on the Unaizah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.