Arar weather in August

In August, Arar sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-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 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Arar's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:46 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
3%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Arar is capital of Northern Borders Province, 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 41°C through the month.

A typical August day in Arar reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Arar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Arar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 112.710.25.5
Feb17° / 102.410.97.1
Mar22° / 10°81.911.88.6
Apr28° / 15°71.512.77.5
May34° / 20°20.313.54.0
Jun39° / 24°00141.0
Jul41° / 26°0013.80.0
Aug41° / 26°0013.10.0
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.8
Oct31° / 18°30.811.26.0
Nov22° / 10°122.210.48.3
Dec16° / 122.2106.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Arar gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. 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.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:367:08
213.55:377:07
313.55:387:06
413.45:387:05
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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 7.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.39 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Arar

In seasonPeak

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

Arar sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Arar?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Arar.

What to pack for Arar in August

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

In August, Arar sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Arar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arar peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Arar 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 Arar is worst in May — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 47 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorMay 1584 µg/m³Nov 2347 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb60Unhealthy
Mar83Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May86Unhealthy
Jun72Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep60Unhealthy
Oct65Unhealthy
Nov47Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Arar?

Arar sits at 31.0°N, 41.0°E, 555 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Sakakah, 137 km away.

SakakahTuraifŢurayfAr RuţbahŢubarjalNajafKarbalaAl Mishkhāb

Topography around Arar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 543 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 446 m.

The land around Arar is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and bare terrain (44%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

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55 m
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124 m
80 km
446 m
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August weather nearby: Sakakah 137 km · Turaif 238 km · Ţurayf 239 km · Ar Ruţbah 240 km · Ţubarjal 275 km · Najaf 335 km · Karbala 336 km · Al Mishkhāb 340 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 Arar (30.9753°, 41.0381°, elevation 555 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).