Al Muharraq climate

Name: Al Muharraq
Address: BH

Al Muharraq is warmest in August, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. January is the wettest month (16 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Muharraq averages 67 mm of rain and 230 days above 25 °C.

Bahrain · population 176,583 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 36 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 16 mm
Least cloud September 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record February 7.5 °C
Warmest sea August 34 °C

What to expectAl Muharraq through the year

Al Muharraq has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 36 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 230 days a year reach 25 °C, 173 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 16 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Al Muharraq is warmest in August at 34 °C and coldest in February at 19 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	18.8 °C	16 mm	32 %
February	19.6 °C	10 mm	27 %
March	22.5 °C	10 mm	30 %
April	26.8 °C	3 mm	33 %
May	31.6 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
June	34.6 °C	0 mm	2 %
July	36.1 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
August	36.3 °C	0 mm	8 %
September	34.9 °C	0 mm	2 %
October	31.4 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
November	26.0 °C	12 mm	23 %
December	21.1 °C	15 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	18.8 °C	14.9 °C	17.0 °C	29.1 °C	8.4 °C	0	0
February	19.6 °C	15.5 °C	17.7 °C	31.3 °C	7.5 °C	1	0
March	22.5 °C	17.9 °C	20.4 °C	37.3 °C	10.5 °C	4	0
April	26.8 °C	22.0 °C	24.6 °C	41.9 °C	15.8 °C	22	3
May	31.6 °C	26.5 °C	29.4 °C	42.1 °C	20.9 °C	31	23
June	34.6 °C	29.4 °C	32.3 °C	45.5 °C	24.4 °C	30	30
July	36.1 °C	30.9 °C	33.8 °C	46.3 °C	25.6 °C	31	31
August	36.3 °C	31.0 °C	34.0 °C	45.3 °C	26.7 °C	31	31
September	34.9 °C	29.2 °C	32.3 °C	42.5 °C	24.0 °C	30	30
October	31.4 °C	26.4 °C	29.2 °C	42.6 °C	21.0 °C	31	23
November	26.0 °C	22.0 °C	24.2 °C	33.0 °C	13.9 °C	19	2
December	21.1 °C	17.2 °C	19.3 °C	27.3 °C	10.0 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	16 mm	3	11 h/day	32 %	70 %	27 km/h	19.2 °C
February	10 mm	2	11 h/day	27 %	69 %	28 km/h	18.6 °C
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	67 %	27 km/h	20.2 °C
April	3 mm	1	13 h/day	33 %	64 %	26 km/h	23.4 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	59 %	24 km/h	27.4 °C
June	0 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	56 %	26 km/h	30.3 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	59 %	24 km/h	32.3 °C
August	0 mm	0	13 h/day	8 %	64 %	21 km/h	33.7 °C
September	0 mm	0	12 h/day	2 %	64 %	21 km/h	32.6 °C
October	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	66 %	21 km/h	30.0 °C
November	12 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	65 %	25 km/h	26.1 °C
December	15 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	71 %	26 km/h	21.8 °C

How Al Muharraq compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al Muharraq	36 °C	15 °C	67 mm	230
Dammam · Saudi Arabia	40 °C	12 °C	87 mm	257
Lusail · Qatar	40 °C	14 °C	61 mm	274
Al Jubayl · Saudi Arabia	41 °C	11 °C	101 mm	258
Ar Rayyān · Qatar	42 °C	13 °C	61 mm	287
Doha · Qatar	41 °C	14 °C	61 mm	280
Al Hufūf · Saudi Arabia	45 °C	8.7 °C	70 mm	279

Where Al Muharraq ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in April	1stof 50	98/100
The driest places in Asia in August	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Asia in September	2ndof 50	0 mm
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	3rdof 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in April	3rdof 50	98/100
The driest places in Asia in June	4thof 50	0 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al Muharraq.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Muharraq’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Muharraq?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Muharraq get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 173 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al Muharraq?

January, averaging 16 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 67 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al Muharraq rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.