Khobar weather in August

In August, Khobar sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 32°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Khobar's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khobar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
1st warmest
Overnight low
32°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:15 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
6%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Khobar is City in Saudi Arabia.

Density
290/km²
people per km²
Founded
1935

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 38°C through the month.

A typical August day in Khobar reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 32°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Khobar

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.

Khobar 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
Jan19° / 14°173.110.57.7
Feb21° / 15°11211.18.2
Mar24° / 18°132.111.88.7
Apr28° / 23°40.912.67.4
May34° / 27°10.113.34.2
Jun37° / 30°0013.62.1
Jul38° / 32°0013.51.2
Aug38° / 32°0012.91.2
Sep37° / 30°0012.22.5
Oct33° / 26°00.111.45.0
Nov27° / 21°131.910.78.2
Dec22° / 17°172.810.48.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% 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 2%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1964
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Khobar 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 miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
118252146
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2902172160
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 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 12 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:086:23
213.25:086:22
313.25:096:21
413.25:096:21
513.25:106:20
613.15:106:19
713.15:116:19
813.15:116:18
913.15:126:17
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1113.05:136:16
1213.05:136:15
1313.05:146:14
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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 7.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.09 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 Khobar

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Khobar?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khobar.

What to pack for Khobar in August

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

In August, Khobar sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 32°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Khobar in August

The nearest coast averages about 34°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 34°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 14 to Jan 3 — about 9.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar20Refreshing
Apr23Refreshing
May27Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug34Tropical
Sep33Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec22Refreshing

UV index in Khobar 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 Khobar peaks around July 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 10Dec 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb7High
Mar6High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Khobar 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 Khobar is worst in July — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 2282 µg/m³Nov 1838 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun69Unhealthy
Jul83Unhealthy
Aug80Unhealthy
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct48Poor
Nov37Poor
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Khobar?

Khobar sits at 26.3°N, 50.2°E, 8 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Thuqbah, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Khobar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khobar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Khobar is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and water (25%) within 3 km, water (47%), bare terrain (31%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and bare terrain (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
185 m
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August weather nearby: Thuqbah 2.0 km · Dhahran 9.0 km · Dammam 20 km · Sayhāt 28 km · ‘Inak 32 km · Jidd Ḩafş 35 km · Hamad Town 35 km · Isa Town 36 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 Khobar (26.2794°, 50.2083°, elevation 8 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).