Mecca weather in June

In June, Mecca sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-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 91% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of June to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Mecca's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mecca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
42°
1st warmest
Overnight low
28°
10th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:42 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
13%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mecca is Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province.

Density
2,077/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical June day in Mecca reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 45°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C warmer than May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Mecca

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Mecca weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 18°423.710.87.0
Feb31° / 19°4111.36.2
Mar34° / 21°91.311.84.2
Apr37° / 24°12212.51.9
May40° / 27°62.2130.2
Jun42° / 28°10.313.30.0
Jul41° / 29°00.113.20.0
Aug41° / 29°20.712.70.0
Sep40° / 28°41.312.10.0
Oct38° / 25°62.611.51.3
Nov34° / 22°202.7114.2
Dec30° / 19°242.910.76.1

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in June, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1964
2964
3964
4973
5973
6973
7973
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9973
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Mecca gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1332727121
2332726121
3332826121
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Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June, the windiest month of the year.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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412light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:426:54
213.25:426:55
313.25:426:55
413.25:426:56
513.25:426:56
613.25:426:56
713.35:426:57
813.35:426:57
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 7.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in May across the year — June's 7.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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47.4Intense
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Mecca

In seasonPeak

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

Mecca sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

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

Is June a good time to visit Mecca?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mecca.

What to pack for Mecca in June

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

In June, Mecca sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mecca in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Mecca peaks around April 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighModerateApr 20UV 11Dec 14UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Mecca in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mecca is worst in March — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorMar 2355 µg/m³Nov 1336 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May48Poor
Jun47Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov35Moderate
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mecca?

Mecca sits at 21.4°N, 39.8°E, 333 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Al Jumūm, 25 km away.

ThuwalAl LīthRābigh

Topography around Mecca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mecca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m around an average of 336 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 778 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,588 m.

The land around Mecca is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and bare terrain (46%) within 3 km, bare terrain (76%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
328 m
16 km
778 m
80 km
2,588 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Al Jumūm 25 km · Ta'if 64 km · Ash Shafā 64 km · Jeddah 67 km · Khulayş 96 km · Thuwal 120 km · Al Līth 150 km · Rābigh 173 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 Mecca (21.4266°, 39.8256°, elevation 333 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).