Al Bahah weather in August

In August, Al Bahah sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 148 mm of rain across 20 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Al Bahah's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Bahah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
148 mm
20 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:58 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
53%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Al Bahah is city in Saudi Arabia.

Founded
1600

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Al Bahah reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°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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How August really feels in Al Bahah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Bahah 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°426.210.97.6
Feb23° / 14°223.611.38.5
Mar25° / 16°356.611.98.1
Apr28° / 19°439.712.46.7
May31° / 21°511512.94.4
Jun33° / 23°319.213.23.7
Jul32° / 24°379.713.14.1
Aug31° / 23°1482012.73.5
Sep31° / 21°13019.512.13.8
Oct28° / 18°3810.311.56.6
Nov25° / 15°174.811.18.3
Dec23° / 13°213.910.88.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 43% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76139
86139
96238
106238
116238
126337
136337
146436
156436
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196634
206733
216832
226931
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257030
267129
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307327
317327

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Al Bahah gets around 148 mm of rain over 20 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 64% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3172

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 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
130192823
229192824
328192825
427192926
525192927
624192927
723193028
822203028
921203128
1020213228
1119213228
1218213328
1318223327
1417223427
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:536:48
212.95:536:47
312.95:536:47
412.95:546:46
512.95:546:46
612.85:546:45
712.85:556:45
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3012.46:016:28
3112.46:026:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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36.4Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
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276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Al Bahah

In seasonPeak

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

Al Bahah's rainy season runs August–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Al Bahah sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Al Bahah?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Bahah.

What to pack for Al Bahah in August

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

In August, Al Bahah sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Al Bahah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Bahah peaks around April 10 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighApr 10UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Al Bahah 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 Al Bahah is worst in September — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 2280 µg/m³Jul 1965 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb79Unhealthy
Mar79Unhealthy
Apr78Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul64Unhealthy
Aug69Unhealthy
Sep81Unhealthy
Oct76Unhealthy
Nov74Unhealthy
Dec80Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Bahah?

Al Bahah sits at 20.0°N, 41.5°E, 2,176 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Baljurashi, 19 km away.

Al LīthBariqTurabah

Topography around Al Bahah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Bahah has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,016 m around an average of 2,134 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,016 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,544 m.

The land around Al Bahah is covered by shrubs (34%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (48%), shrubs (23%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
1,016 m
16 km
2,016 m
80 km
2,544 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Baljurashi 19 km · Sabt Alalayah 71 km · Al ‘Aqīq 71 km · An Nimas 118 km · Qal‘at Bīshah 119 km · Al Līth 126 km · Bariq 130 km · Turabah 135 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 Al Bahah (20.0129°, 41.4677°, elevation 2,176 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).