Ta'if weather in July

In July, Ta'if sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 3 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ta'if's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ta'if's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:49 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
35%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Ta'if is city in Saudi Arabia.

Density
2,145/km²
people per km²
Founded
~501 CE

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ta'if reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Ta'if

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ta'if weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 11°33510.97.7
Feb23° / 12°92.511.38.7
Mar25° / 14°204.911.88.3
Apr28° / 17°357.712.56.9
May31° / 21°256.3134.9
Jun34° / 23°3113.33.8
Jul34° / 24°3113.24.1
Aug34° / 24°154.612.73.7
Sep33° / 22°143.912.14.3
Oct29° / 18°92.611.56.9
Nov25° / 14°133.3118.5
Dec22° / 12°173.110.78.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ta'if gets around 3 mm of rain over 1 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
11
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31
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51
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71
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91
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
298200
398200
498200
596310
696310
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1195410
1295410
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2685951
2784961
2883971
29821071
30811081
31801091

Wind in July

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

Across July, 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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512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:437:00
213.35:447:00
313.35:447:00
413.35:447:00
513.35:457:00
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713.35:457:00
813.25:467:00
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1113.25:477:00
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1413.25:487:00
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1613.25:496:59
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2913.05:546:55
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.53 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 6.99 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Ta'if

In seasonPeak

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

Ta'if sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Ta'if?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Ta'if for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ta'if in July

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

In July, Ta'if sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ta'if in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ta'if peaks around July 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 13UV 13Dec 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Ta'if in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ta'if is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorMar 2354 µg/m³Jul 1841 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar55Poor
Apr54Poor
May50Poor
Jun48Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct44Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ta'if?

Ta'if sits at 21.3°N, 40.4°E, 1,672 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ash Shafā, 24 km away.

Al ‘AqīqAl LīthTurabahJeddahKhulayş

Topography around Ta'if

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ta'if has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 1,682 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,037 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,535 m.

The land around Ta'if is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) within 3 km, bare terrain (73%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
159 m
16 km
1,037 m
80 km
2,535 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
July weather nearby: Ash Shafā 24 km · Mecca 64 km · Al Jumūm 84 km · Al ‘Aqīq 125 km · Al Līth 126 km · Turabah 126 km · Jeddah 130 km · Khulayş 150 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 Ta'if (21.2703°, 40.4158°, elevation 1,672 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).