Baq‘ā’ weather in August

In August, Baq‘ā’ sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Baq‘ā’'s 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baq‘ā’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high: 42°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:45 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 9%; 4th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month.

A typical August day in Baq‘ā’ reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	42	25
2	42	25
3	42	25
4	42	25
5	42	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
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10	42	25
11	42	25
12	42	25
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19	42	25
20	42	25
21	42	25
22	42	25
23	42	25
24	42	25
25	42	25
26	42	25
27	42	25
28	42	25
29	42	25
30	41	25
31	41	25

How August really feels in Baq‘ā’

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Baq‘ā’ 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 5°	10	2	10.4	7.3
Feb	20° / 7°	8	1.4	11	8.2
Mar	25° / 11°	11	2	11.8	8.8
Apr	30° / 16°	10	2	12.6	6.1
May	36° / 21°	2	0.6	13.4	2.7
Jun	40° / 24°	0	0	13.7	0.2
Jul	41° / 25°	0	0	13.6	0.0
Aug	42° / 25°	0	0	13	0.0
Sep	39° / 23°	0	0	12.2	0.7
Oct	34° / 18°	2	0.6	11.3	4.3
Nov	24° / 12°	18	3.6	10.6	8.2
Dec	19° / 7°	10	2.2	10.3	7.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

	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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Cloudier (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
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14	99	1
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20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
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24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Baq‘ā’ 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.

	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
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20	0
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25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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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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
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18	100
19	100
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21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
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29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:29 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)	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:36	6:57
2	13.3	5:37	6:56
3	13.3	5:37	6:55
4	13.3	5:38	6:55
5	13.3	5:39	6:54
6	13.2	5:39	6:53
7	13.2	5:40	6:52
8	13.2	5:40	6:52
9	13.2	5:41	6:51
10	13.1	5:41	6:50
11	13.1	5:42	6:49
12	13.1	5:42	6:48
13	13.1	5:43	6:47
14	13.0	5:43	6:46
15	13.0	5:44	6:46
16	13.0	5:45	6:45
17	13.0	5:45	6:44
18	13.0	5:46	6:43
19	12.9	5:46	6:42
20	12.9	5:47	6:41
21	12.9	5:47	6:40
22	12.8	5:48	6:39
23	12.8	5:48	6:38
24	12.8	5:49	6:37
25	12.8	5:49	6:35
26	12.7	5:50	6:34
27	12.7	5:50	6:33
28	12.7	5:51	6:32
29	12.7	5:51	6:31
30	12.6	5:52	6:30
31	12.6	5:52	6:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

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

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0
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	7.6	Intense
9	7.6	Intense
10	7.5	Intense
11	7.5	Intense
12	7.5	Intense
13	7.5	Intense
14	7.5	Intense
15	7.5	Intense
16	7.5	Intense
17	7.4	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.3	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.2	Intense
27	7.2	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.1	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Baq‘ā’

In seasonPeak

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

Baq‘ā’ sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Baq‘ā’?

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

2.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baq‘ā’.

What to pack for Baq‘ā’ in August

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

In August, Baq‘ā’ sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Baq‘ā’ 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 Baq‘ā’ peaks around July 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 4 (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)	5	7	8	6	9	11	11	11	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Baq‘ā’ 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 Baq‘ā’ is worst in March — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 36 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)	39	45	65	62	61	42	36	36	36	38	38	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	39	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	65	Unhealthy
Apr	62	Unhealthy
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Baq‘ā’?

Baq‘ā’ sits at 27.9°N, 42.4°E, 699 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Turubah, 66 km away.

Topography around Baq‘ā’

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Baq‘ā’.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baq‘ā’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 691 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 668 m.

The land around Baq‘ā’ is covered by bare terrain (75%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (93%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (95%) within 80 km.

3 km

54 m

bare terrain 75%

16 km

151 m

bare terrain 93%

80 km

668 m

bare terrain 95%

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← July Baq‘ā’ year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Turubah 66 km · Ha'il 81 km · ‘Uyūn al Jiwā’ 199 km · Al Bukayrīyah 233 km · Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ 235 km · Buraydah 236 km · Al Khabrā’ 238 km · Ar Rass 252 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 Baq‘ā’ (27.9065°, 42.389°, elevation 699 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	42	25
2	42	25
3	42	25
4	42	25
5	42	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	25
11	42	25
12	42	25
13	42	25
14	42	25
15	42	25
16	42	25
17	42	25
18	42	25
19	42	25
20	42	25
21	42	25
22	42	25
23	42	25
24	42	25
25	42	25
26	42	25
27	42	25
28	42	25
29	42	25
30	41	25
31	41	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
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9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
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15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
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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	42	25
2	42	25
3	42	25
4	42	25
5	42	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	25
11	42	25
12	42	25
13	42	25
14	42	25
15	42	25
16	42	25
17	42	25
18	42	25
19	42	25
20	42	25
21	42	25
22	42	25
23	42	25
24	42	25
25	42	25
26	42	25
27	42	25
28	42	25
29	42	25
30	41	25
31	41	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	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
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17	0
18	0
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27	0
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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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24	100
25	100
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27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	42	25
2	42	25
3	42	25
4	42	25
5	42	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	25
10	42	25
11	42	25
12	42	25
13	42	25
14	42	25
15	42	25
16	42	25
17	42	25
18	42	25
19	42	25
20	42	25
21	42	25
22	42	25
23	42	25
24	42	25
25	42	25
26	42	25
27	42	25
28	42	25
29	42	25
30	41	25
31	41	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	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