Turubah weather in August

In August, Turubah sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Turubah's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Turubah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 41°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 5:42 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover: 7%; 4th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 7.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical August day in Turubah reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

	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)	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	41	27
5	41	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	42	27
18	42	27
19	42	27
20	42	27
21	42	27
22	41	27
23	41	27
24	41	27
25	41	27
26	41	27
27	41	27
28	41	27
29	41	27
30	41	27
31	41	26

How August really feels in Turubah

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Turubah 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 6°	12	2.2	10.4	6.7
Feb	19° / 7°	9	1.7	11	7.9
Mar	24° / 12°	12	2.2	11.8	8.7
Apr	30° / 17°	11	2.2	12.7	6.6
May	36° / 22°	2	0.5	13.4	2.9
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	13.8	0.4
Jul	41° / 27°	0	0	13.6	0.0
Aug	41° / 27°	0	0	13	0.0
Sep	39° / 24°	0	0	12.2	1.0
Oct	33° / 19°	3	0.4	11.3	4.8
Nov	24° / 12°	21	4	10.6	8.1
Dec	18° / 7°	11	2.5	10.2	7.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

	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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99
Cloudier (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Turubah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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 100% 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:27 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)	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:34	6:55
2	13.3	5:34	6:54
3	13.3	5:35	6:54
4	13.3	5:35	6:53
5	13.3	5:36	6:52
6	13.3	5:36	6:52
7	13.2	5:37	6:51
8	13.2	5:38	6:50
9	13.2	5:38	6:49
10	13.2	5:39	6:48
11	13.1	5:39	6:47
12	13.1	5:40	6:47
13	13.1	5:40	6:46
14	13.1	5:41	6:45
15	13.0	5:41	6:44
16	13.0	5:42	6:43
17	13.0	5:42	6:42
18	13.0	5:43	6:41
19	12.9	5:44	6:40
20	12.9	5:44	6:39
21	12.9	5:45	6:38
22	12.9	5:45	6:37
23	12.8	5:46	6:36
24	12.8	5:46	6:35
25	12.8	5:47	6:34
26	12.8	5:47	6:33
27	12.7	5:48	6:31
28	12.7	5:48	6:30
29	12.7	5:49	6:29
30	12.6	5:49	6:28
31	12.6	5:50	6:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.47 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)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.6	Intense
5	7.6	Intense
6	7.6	Intense
7	7.6	Intense
8	7.6	Intense
9	7.6	Intense
10	7.6	Intense
11	7.6	Intense
12	7.6	Intense
13	7.5	Intense
14	7.5	Intense
15	7.5	Intense
16	7.5	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.4	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.3	Intense
24	7.3	Intense
25	7.3	Intense
26	7.2	Intense
27	7.2	Intense
28	7.2	Intense
29	7.2	Intense
30	7.1	Intense
31	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Turubah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Jun

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Turubah?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Turubah.

What to pack for Turubah in August

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

In August, Turubah sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Turubah 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 Turubah peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 4 (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)	4	7	8	6	8	11	12	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Turubah 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 Turubah is worst in March — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 46 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)	50	57	79	75	75	55	48	47	46	53	47	46
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	79	Unhealthy
Apr	75	Unhealthy
May	75	Unhealthy
Jun	55	Unhealthy
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	47	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	53	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Turubah?

Turubah sits at 28.3°N, 42.9°E, 689 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Baq‘ā’, 66 km away.

Topography around Turubah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Turubah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 702 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m.

The land around Turubah is covered by bare terrain (90%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

bare terrain 90%

16 km

91 m

bare terrain 99%

80 km

272 m

bare terrain 99%

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← July Turubah year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Baq‘ā’ 66 km · Ha'il 146 km · ‘Uyūn al Jiwā’ 208 km · Buraydah 239 km · Al Bukayrīyah 247 km · Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ 252 km · Al Khabrā’ 253 km · King Khalid Military City 261 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 Turubah (28.2585°, 42.9246°, elevation 689 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	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	41	27
5	41	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	42	27
18	42	27
19	42	27
20	42	27
21	42	27
22	41	27
23	41	27
24	41	27
25	41	27
26	41	27
27	41	27
28	41	27
29	41	27
30	41	27
31	41	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	41	27
5	41	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	42	27
18	42	27
19	42	27
20	42	27
21	42	27
22	41	27
23	41	27
24	41	27
25	41	27
26	41	27
27	41	27
28	41	27
29	41	27
30	41	27
31	41	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	41	27
5	41	27
6	41	27
7	41	27
8	41	27
9	41	27
10	41	27
11	41	27
12	41	27
13	41	27
14	41	27
15	41	27
16	41	27
17	42	27
18	42	27
19	42	27
20	42	27
21	42	27
22	41	27
23	41	27
24	41	27
25	41	27
26	41	27
27	41	27
28	41	27
29	41	27
30	41	27
31	41	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
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	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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