Climate averages 1991–2020
Yanbu weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Yanbu: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 27.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madinah (163 km away). In August its highs average 42.4°C, 6.2°C warmer than Yanbu, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Yanbu ranks 25th of 35 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Yanbu is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Yanbu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 35.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 35.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 36.2°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 35.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 2.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 1.3 | 10.711 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
- Madinah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 42.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Rābigh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Jeddah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 347 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 396 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 408 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 494 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Tabuk in AugustSaudi Arabia · 502 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 21.9°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 Yanbu) is explained once on the Yanbu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.