King Faisal Military City weather in August

In August, King Faisal Military City sees average daytime highs of 44°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is King Faisal Military City's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see King Faisal Military City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
1st warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:29 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
4%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month.

A typical August day in King Faisal Military City reaches about 44°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 41°C and 47°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 King Faisal Military City

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.

King Faisal Military City weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 223.510.46.9
Feb21° / 112.2118.1
Mar26° / 13°172.511.88.4
Apr32° / 19°102.112.75.1
May38° / 24°20.513.41.3
Jun42° / 27°0013.80.0
Jul44° / 29°0013.60.0
Aug44° / 28°00130.0
Sep41° / 25°0012.20.2
Oct35° / 20°10.311.33.6
Nov25° / 13°263.610.67.9
Dec19° / 213.810.27.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% 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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

King Faisal Military City 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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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417light breeze
517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:21 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:216:43
213.35:226:43
313.35:226:42
413.35:236:41
513.35:236:40
613.35:246:40
713.25:246:39
813.25:256:38
913.25:266:37
1013.25:266:36
1113.15:276:36
1213.15:276:35
1313.15:286:34
1413.15:286:33
1513.05:296:32
1613.05:296:31
1713.05:306:30
1813.05:316:29
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2012.95:326:27
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2212.95:336:25
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2412.85:346:23
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2612.85:356:21
2712.75:356:19
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3012.75:376:16
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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 7.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for King Faisal Military City

In seasonPeak

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

King Faisal Military City sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit King Faisal Military City?

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
0.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in King Faisal Military City.

What to pack for King Faisal Military City in August

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

In August, King Faisal Military City sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in King Faisal Military City 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 King Faisal Military City peaks around July 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 11Dec 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr5Moderate
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in King Faisal Military City 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 King Faisal Military City is worst in March — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 57 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyMar 2293 µg/m³Nov 1857 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar94Unhealthy
Apr90Unhealthy
May90Unhealthy
Jun80Unhealthy
Jul79Unhealthy
Aug75Unhealthy
Sep61Unhealthy
Oct63Unhealthy
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is King Faisal Military City?

King Faisal Military City sits at 28.4°N, 46.0°E, 310 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Hafar Al-Batin, 2.0 km away.

Al Jahrā’Ar RābiyahAl FarwānīyahJanūb as SurrahAhmadi

Topography around King Faisal Military City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of King Faisal Military City.

Within 3 km, the terrain around King Faisal Military City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 314 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m.

The land around King Faisal Military City is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and bare terrain (37%) within 3 km, bare terrain (88%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
88 m
80 km
190 m
croplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Hafar Al-Batin 2.0 km · Qaisumah 22 km · King Khalid Military City 73 km · Al Jahrā’ 192 km · Ar Rābiyah 213 km · Al Farwānīyah 215 km · Janūb as Surrah 216 km · Ahmadi 218 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 King Faisal Military City (28.45°, 45.9667°, elevation 310 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).