Afif weather in July

In July, Afif sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Afif's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Afif's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 41°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:34 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 6th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical July day in Afif reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	27
2	40	27
3	40	27
4	40	27
5	40	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	41	27
18	41	27
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	28
27	41	28
28	41	28
29	41	28
30	41	28
31	41	28

How July really feels in Afif

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Afif weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 9°	12	2.5	10.7	8.3
Feb	24° / 11°	5	1.1	11.2	9.0
Mar	28° / 15°	17	2.7	11.8	7.8
Apr	32° / 19°	19	3.5	12.5	4.8
May	37° / 24°	3	0.9	13.1	1.9
Jun	40° / 27°	0	0	13.4	0.0
Jul	41° / 27°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Aug	41° / 28°	0	0	12.8	0.0
Sep	39° / 25°	0	0	12.1	1.0
Oct	33° / 20°	2	0.4	11.4	4.6
Nov	27° / 15°	12	2.2	10.8	8.1
Dec	23° / 11°	8	1.4	10.6	8.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	91	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86
Cloudier (%)	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Afif gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 17 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
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10	17	light breeze
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27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:28	6:55
2	13.5	5:28	6:56
3	13.5	5:29	6:56
4	13.4	5:29	6:56
5	13.4	5:29	6:56
6	13.4	5:30	6:56
7	13.4	5:30	6:56
8	13.4	5:30	6:55
9	13.4	5:31	6:55
10	13.4	5:31	6:55
11	13.4	5:32	6:55
12	13.4	5:32	6:55
13	13.4	5:32	6:55
14	13.4	5:33	6:55
15	13.4	5:33	6:54
16	13.3	5:34	6:54
17	13.3	5:34	6:54
18	13.3	5:34	6:54
19	13.3	5:35	6:53
20	13.3	5:35	6:53
21	13.3	5:36	6:53
22	13.3	5:36	6:53
23	13.3	5:37	6:52
24	13.2	5:37	6:52
25	13.2	5:38	6:51
26	13.2	5:38	6:51
27	13.2	5:39	6:50
28	13.2	5:39	6:50
29	13.2	5:39	6:50
30	13.2	5:40	6:49
31	13.1	5:40	6:49

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.6	Intense
2	7.6	Intense
3	7.6	Intense
4	7.6	Intense
5	7.6	Intense
6	7.6	Intense
7	7.6	Intense
8	7.5	Intense
9	7.5	Intense
10	7.5	Intense
11	7.5	Intense
12	7.5	Intense
13	7.5	Intense
14	7.5	Intense
15	7.4	Intense
16	7.4	Intense
17	7.4	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.3	Intense
24	7.3	Intense
25	7.3	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.3	Intense
30	7.3	Intense
31	7.3	Intense

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Afif

In seasonPeak

In July, Afif sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Afif sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Is July a good time to visit Afif?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Afif.

What to pack for Afif in July

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

In July, Afif sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Afif in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Afif peaks around July 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	10	9	12	12	12	11	11	9	6	4
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Afif in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Afif is worst in March — around 97 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (October, 50 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	82	90	97	87	77	61	64	62	52	50	71	84
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	82	Unhealthy
Feb	90	Unhealthy
Mar	97	Unhealthy
Apr	87	Unhealthy
May	77	Unhealthy
Jun	61	Unhealthy
Jul	64	Unhealthy
Aug	62	Unhealthy
Sep	52	Poor
Oct	50	Poor
Nov	71	Unhealthy
Dec	84	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Afif?

Afif sits at 23.9°N, 42.9°E, 1,045 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ad Dawādimī, 164 km away.

Topography around Afif

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Afif has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 1,042 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 448 m.

The land around Afif is covered by bare terrain (67%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

bare terrain 67%

16 km

315 m

bare terrain 98%

80 km

448 m

bare terrain 100%

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← June Afif year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Ad Dawādimī 164 km · Mahd adh Dhahab 212 km · Ar Rass 226 km · Al Khurmah 240 km · Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá 245 km · Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ 249 km · Al Khabrā’ 251 km · Al Mithnab 254 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 Afif (23.9065°, 42.9172°, elevation 1,045 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	27
2	40	27
3	40	27
4	40	27
5	40	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	41	27
18	41	27
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	28
27	41	28
28	41	28
29	41	28
30	41	28
31	41	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
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30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	27
2	40	27
3	40	27
4	40	27
5	40	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	41	27
18	41	27
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	28
27	41	28
28	41	28
29	41	28
30	41	28
31	41	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
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25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	27
2	40	27
3	40	27
4	40	27
5	40	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	41	27
18	41	27
19	41	28
20	41	28
21	41	28
22	41	28
23	41	28
24	41	28
25	41	28
26	41	28
27	41	28
28	41	28
29	41	28
30	41	28
31	41	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	91	9
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	86	14
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	86	14
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100