Sakakah weather in June

In June, Sakakah sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of June to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Sakakah's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sakakah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:22 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
8.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Sakakah is capital city of Al Jawf Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia, one of the oldest inhabited oasis sites in the Arabian Peninsula.

Density
1,283/km²
people per km²
Founded
~3 BCE

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical June day in Sakakah reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 4°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

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How June really feels in Sakakah

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
9 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.

Sakakah weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 102.210.36.0
Feb18° / 61.310.97.6
Mar23° / 10°61.111.88.9
Apr29° / 15°30.812.77.4
May34° / 20°10.313.53.9
Jun38° / 24°0013.91.1
Jul40° / 26°0013.70.0
Aug41° / 26°0013.10.0
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.6
Oct32° / 18°10.311.35.7
Nov23° / 11°101.610.58.5
Dec17° / 71.510.17.1

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Sakakah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in June

Winds average 14 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 14 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)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of June to 13 h 54 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 5:23 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 8.07 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 8.07 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.0Intense
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Sakakah

In seasonPeak

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

Sakakah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is June a good time to visit Sakakah?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sakakah.

What to pack for Sakakah in June

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

In June, Sakakah sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sakakah 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 Sakakah peaks around July 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 12Jan 11UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Sakakah 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 Sakakah is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 47 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 1076 µg/m³Dec 1547 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb57Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun63Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug55Poor
Sep54Poor
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov49Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Sakakah?

Sakakah sits at 30.0°N, 40.2°E, 555 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Arar, 137 km away.

ArarŢubarjalŢurayfTuraifTaymā’Ha'ilBaq‘ā’Qurayyat

Topography around Sakakah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sakakah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 559 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m.

The land around Sakakah is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (40%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

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100 m
16 km
266 m
80 km
298 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June weather nearby: Arar 137 km · Ţubarjal 200 km · Ţurayf 240 km · Turaif 240 km · Taymā’ 307 km · Ha'il 308 km · Baq‘ā’ 313 km · Qurayyat 313 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 Sakakah (29.9697°, 40.2064°, elevation 555 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).