Taymā’ weather in October

In October, Taymā’ sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Taymā’'s 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taymā’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:31 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Taymā’ is city in Saudi Arabia.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical October day in Taymā’ reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°C cooler than September and about 7°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	28	15
30	28	14
31	28	14

How October really feels in Taymā’

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 14 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Taymā’ weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 5°	6	1	10.4	7.3
Feb	20° / 6°	2	0.4	11	8.4
Mar	24° / 10°	5	0.9	11.8	9.1
Apr	29° / 15°	2	0.7	12.6	7.4
May	33° / 19°	1	0.3	13.3	4.6
Jun	36° / 22°	0	0	13.7	2.6
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0	13.6	1.8
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0	13	1.3
Sep	36° / 22°	0	0	12.2	2.8
Oct	31° / 17°	1	0.4	11.3	5.9
Nov	24° / 11°	5	1.1	10.6	8.9
Dec	19° / 6°	3	0.5	10.3	8.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Taymā’ gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in October. 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 5:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:23	6:07
2	11.7	6:23	6:06
3	11.7	6:24	6:05
4	11.7	6:24	6:04
5	11.6	6:25	6:02
6	11.6	6:25	6:01
7	11.6	6:26	6:00
8	11.5	6:26	5:59
9	11.5	6:27	5:58
10	11.5	6:27	5:57
11	11.5	6:28	5:56
12	11.4	6:29	5:55
13	11.4	6:29	5:54
14	11.4	6:30	5:53
15	11.4	6:30	5:52
16	11.3	6:31	5:51
17	11.3	6:32	5:50
18	11.3	6:32	5:49
19	11.3	6:33	5:48
20	11.2	6:33	5:47
21	11.2	6:34	5:46
22	11.2	6:35	5:45
23	11.1	6:35	5:44
24	11.1	6:36	5:43
25	11.1	6:37	5:43
26	11.1	6:37	5:42
27	11.0	6:38	5:41
28	11.0	6:39	5:40
29	11.0	6:39	5:39
30	11.0	6:40	5:39
31	11.0	6:41	5:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Taymā’

In seasonPeak

None of Taymā’'s seasonal hazards are active in October. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Taymā’ sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

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Is October a good time to visit Taymā’?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Taymā’ for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Taymā’ in October

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

In October, Taymā’ sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Taymā’ in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Taymā’ peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 5 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	7	10	7	11	12	12	12	11	8	6	5
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Taymā’ in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Taymā’ is worst in April — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (August, 40 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	43	49	61	66	59	46	42	40	42	41	45	47
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	61	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	59	Unhealthy
Jun	46	Poor
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	45	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Taymā’?

Taymā’ sits at 27.6°N, 38.5°E, 834 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Al Ula, 128 km away.

Topography around Taymā’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taymā’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 833 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 573 m.

The land around Taymā’ is covered by bare terrain (58%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

bare terrain 58%

16 km

318 m

bare terrain 96%

80 km

573 m

bare terrain 100%

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← September Taymā’ year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Al Ula 128 km · Tabuk 212 km · Al Wajh 257 km · Duba 283 km · Sakakah 307 km · Ha'il 311 km · Umluj 316 km · Ţubarjal 322 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 Taymā’ (27.6223°, 38.5388°, elevation 834 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	28	15
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	28	15
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	19
6	33	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	18
10	33	18
11	33	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	17
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	30	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	28	15
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	93	7
11	93	7
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	93	7
31	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	3
28	3
29	3
30	3
31	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3