Sakakah weather in September

In September, Sakakah sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Sakakah's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sakakah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:08 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
3%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical September day in Sakakah reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C cooler than August and about 6°C warmer than October.

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How September really feels in Sakakah

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

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

Sakakah weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 9th-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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

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Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Sakakah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in September. 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 September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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 September

Winds average 12 km/h in September.

Across September, 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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Sunrise & sunset in September

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:006:38
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512.56:026:33
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712.56:036:30
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1112.36:056:25
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1912.16:106:15
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2112.06:116:12
2212.06:126:11
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Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.56 kWh/m².

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 — September's 6.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Sakakah

In seasonPeak

In September, 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 September a good time to visit Sakakah?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sakakah.

What to pack for Sakakah in September

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

In September, Sakakah sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sakakah in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September 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 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.

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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 September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September 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.

3 km
100 m
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266 m
80 km
298 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
September 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).