Ash Shafā weather in July

In July, Ash Shafā sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ash Shafā's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ash Shafā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:49 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
33%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
out of 10

Ash Shafā is village in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ash Shafā reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Ash Shafā

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
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ash Shafā weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 16°51610.98.2
Feb26° / 17°132.611.38.5
Mar29° / 19°184.211.96.9
Apr32° / 22°245.212.54.7
May36° / 25°216.8132.5
Jun38° / 27°62.613.31.3
Jul37° / 28°41.313.21.9
Aug37° / 27°165.212.72.0
Sep36° / 26°268.412.12.1
Oct33° / 22°113.111.54.3
Nov29° / 19°154.2117.0
Dec26° / 17°274.810.78.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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58812
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ash Shafā gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.3 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
24
34
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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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17912720
27912720
37812730
47812730
57911730
67811731
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87910641
97910641
107910641
11799651
12799651
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29611110153
30601110163
31581210173

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
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159calm
169calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:447:00
213.35:447:00
313.35:457:00
413.35:457:00
513.25:457:00
613.25:467:00
713.25:467:00
813.25:467:00
913.25:477:00
1013.25:477:00
1113.25:477:00
1213.25:487:00
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1413.25:497:00
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1613.25:496:59
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2713.05:546:56
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2913.05:546:55
3013.05:556:55
3113.05:556:54

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 6.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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37.1Intense
47.1Intense
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67.0Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Ash Shafā

In seasonPeak

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

Ash Shafā sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

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

Is July a good time to visit Ash Shafā?

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

1.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ash Shafā.

What to pack for Ash Shafā in July

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

In July, Ash Shafā sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ash Shafā in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ash Shafā peaks around July 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 13UV 13Dec 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Ash Shafā 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 Ash Shafā is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorMar 2354 µg/m³Jul 1841 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar55Poor
Apr54Poor
May50Poor
Jun48Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct44Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ash Shafā?

Ash Shafā sits at 21.1°N, 40.3°E, 2,231 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ta'if, 24 km away.

Al ‘AqīqJeddahTurabahKhulayş

Topography around Ash Shafā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ash Shafā has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 997 m around an average of 2,152 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,114 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,609 m.

The land around Ash Shafā is covered by shrubs (59%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%), bare terrain (35%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
997 m
16 km
2,114 m
80 km
2,609 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
July weather nearby: Ta'if 24 km · Mecca 64 km · Al Jumūm 89 km · Al Līth 103 km · Al ‘Aqīq 123 km · Jeddah 126 km · Turabah 137 km · Khulayş 159 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 Ash Shafā (21.0727°, 40.3184°, elevation 2,231 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).