Turabah weather in August

In August, Turabah sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Turabah's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turabah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:56 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
39%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Turabah is human settlement in Saudi Arabia.

Density
3/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical August day in Turabah reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Turabah

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

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

Turabah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 11°61.410.98.8
Feb28° / 13°20.511.38.2
Mar31° / 16°102.411.96.0
Apr34° / 19°143.412.53.9
May37° / 23°51.6131.9
Jun39° / 24°0013.30.6
Jul39° / 25°00.113.20.6
Aug40° / 25°10.312.70.3
Sep38° / 23°0012.11.5
Oct33° / 19°20.511.54.6
Nov29° / 15°30.9117.3
Dec26° / 12°20.610.78.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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

Any precipitation

Turabah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in August. 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:506:49
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Turabah

In seasonPeak

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

Turabah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is August a good time to visit Turabah?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Turabah.

What to pack for Turabah in August

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

In August, Turabah sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Turabah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Turabah peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 11UV 12Dec 15UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov7High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Turabah in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Turabah is worst in February — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 46 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 1983 µg/m³Oct 1347 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan77Unhealthy
Feb83Unhealthy
Mar81Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May62Unhealthy
Jun58Unhealthy
Jul64Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep52Poor
Oct46Poor
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec71Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Turabah?

Turabah sits at 21.2°N, 41.6°E, 1,164 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Al ‘Aqīq, 67 km away.

RanyahTa'ifAl BahahAsh ShafāBaljurashiQal‘at Bīshah

Topography around Turabah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turabah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 1,157 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m.

The land around Turabah is covered by bare terrain (73%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
254 m
80 km
992 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Al ‘Aqīq 67 km · Al Khurmah 88 km · Ranyah 126 km · Ta'if 126 km · Al Bahah 135 km · Ash Shafā 137 km · Baljurashi 151 km · Qal‘at Bīshah 169 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 Turabah (21.2141°, 41.6331°, elevation 1,164 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).