Jubail weather in August

In August, Jubail sees average daytime highs of 43°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 43°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Jubail's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jubail's year-round climate.

Daytime high
43°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
30°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:17 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
4%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Jubail is city in 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 43°C through the month.

A typical August day in Jubail reaches about 43°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 41°C and 45°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 Jubail

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.

Jubail weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 12°223.810.57.8
Feb22° / 13°122.3118.5
Mar27° / 16°132.311.88.2
Apr32° / 21°51.212.64.8
May38° / 26°10.213.31.1
Jun42° / 30°0013.70.0
Jul43° / 31°0013.50.0
Aug43° / 30°00130.0
Sep40° / 27°0012.20.2
Oct36° / 23°20.311.43.1
Nov28° / 18°212.510.77.4
Dec22° / 14°223.310.38.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jubail 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 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 21% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
182321161318
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372223161318
472224161418
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 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

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 5:09 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:096:26
213.35:096:26
313.25:106:25
413.25:106:24
513.25:116:24
613.25:126:23
713.25:126:22
813.15:136:21
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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 7.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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296.9Intense
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316.9Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Jubail

In seasonPeak

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

Jubail sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Jubail?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jubail.

What to pack for Jubail in August

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

In August, Jubail sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Jubail in August

The nearest coast averages about 33°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 33°C and coldest in February near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 22 to Jan 14 — about 9.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Cool
Feb19Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr22Refreshing
May26Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug33Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Jubail in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jubail peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Jubail 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 Jubail is worst in July — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 42 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorJul 1972 µg/m³Nov 1743 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb55Poor
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr65Unhealthy
May69Unhealthy
Jun68Unhealthy
Jul72Unhealthy
Aug70Unhealthy
Sep61Unhealthy
Oct52Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Jubail?

Jubail sits at 27.0°N, 49.6°E, 5 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Şafwá, 53 km away.

Topography around Jubail

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jubail has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m.

The land around Jubail is covered by bare terrain (58%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (48%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (52%) and water (45%) within 80 km.

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165 m
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August weather nearby: Şafwá 53 km · Raḩīmah 56 km · Ras Tanura 56 km · Al ‘Awwāmīyah 59 km · Al Qaţīf 63 km · Tārūt 64 km · ‘Inak 68 km · Sayhāt 73 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 Jubail (27.0174°, 49.6225°, elevation 5 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).