Abha weather in August

In August, Abha sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 218 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Abha's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
218 mm
25.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:55 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
58%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Abha is city in Saudi Arabia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Abha reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Abha weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 12°214.9117.7
Feb22° / 14°143.911.48.3
Mar24° / 16°297.311.98.0
Apr26° / 17°551212.46.8
May28° / 19°9719.812.85.0
Jun30° / 21°7815.813.14.4
Jul30° / 21°7614.6134.7
Aug29° / 20°21825.512.63.9
Sep28° / 18°19024.612.14.2
Oct26° / 15°369.811.67.3
Nov23° / 14°206.511.18.0
Dec21° / 12°113.610.98.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 44% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
35149
45149
55149
65149
75149
85347
95347
105446
115545
125644
135743
145842
155941
166040
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206238
216337
226337
236337
246436
256436
266436
276535
286535
296535
306733
316733

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Abha gets around 218 mm of rain over 25.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 81% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
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368
470
572
673
774
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1883
1984
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2186
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2690
2790
2891
2991
3091
3192

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
130283210
229283311
328273312
426273412
525273513
624273713
722273813
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202430396
212630385
222731375
232931364
243131354
253331333
263531313
273730303
283930282
294230262
304430252
314630232

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:516:41
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312.85:526:40
412.85:526:40
512.85:526:39
612.85:536:39
712.85:536:38
812.75:536:38
912.75:546:37
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1312.75:556:35
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1512.65:556:33
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2112.55:576:29
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Abha

In seasonPeak

In August, Abha sits inside its monsoon and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Abha's monsoon runs August–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Abha sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Abha?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Abha.

What to pack for Abha in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Abha sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Abha in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abha peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Abha in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abha is worst in July — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 25 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1248 µg/m³Dec 1125 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr37Poor
May38Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul48Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep40Poor
Oct29Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Abha?

Abha sits at 18.2°N, 42.5°E, 2,228 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Khamis Mushait, 26 km away.

Fayfā’ḐamadAbū ‘Arīsh

Topography around Abha

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abha.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abha has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m around an average of 2,215 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,026 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,979 m.

The land around Abha is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), bare terrain (32%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
627 m
16 km
2,026 m
80 km
2,979 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Khamis Mushait 26 km · Sarāt ‘Abīdah 68 km · Bariq 100 km · An Nimas 111 km · Şabyā 119 km · Fayfā’ 124 km · Ḑamad 127 km · Abū ‘Arīsh 143 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abha (18.2164°, 42.5053°, elevation 2,228 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).