Abha climate

Name: Abha
Address: SA

Abha is warmest in June, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. August is the wettest month (205 mm) and December the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Abha averages 793 mm of rain and 103 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 210,886 · 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 June 27 °C
Coldest month January 10 °C
Driest month December 11 mm
Wettest month August 205 mm
Least cloud October 21 % cloud
Hottest on record July 32 °C
Coldest on record January 0.5 °C

What to expectAbha through the year

Abha has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in January to 27 °C in June, a swing of 8.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 103 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 205 mm against 11 mm in December — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.9 °C	22 mm	29 %
February	19.6 °C	18 mm	23 %
March	21.3 °C	32 mm	24 %
April	23.1 °C	57 mm	26 %
May	25.1 °C	88 mm	32 %
June	27.1 °C	66 mm	38 %
July	26.7 °C	73 mm	51 %
August	25.1 °C	205 mm	49 %
September	24.8 °C	173 mm	31 %
October	22.6 °C	31 mm	21 %
November	20.0 °C	19 mm	25 %
December	18.7 °C	11 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.9 °C	10.3 °C	13.8 °C	22.3 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
February	19.6 °C	11.5 °C	15.2 °C	24.3 °C	1.2 °C	0	0
March	21.3 °C	13.2 °C	16.9 °C	26.9 °C	6.0 °C	1	0
April	23.1 °C	14.9 °C	18.7 °C	28.4 °C	9.2 °C	6	0
May	25.1 °C	16.5 °C	20.6 °C	30.9 °C	12.0 °C	16	0
June	27.1 °C	17.8 °C	22.3 °C	31.6 °C	13.2 °C	28	1
July	26.7 °C	18.1 °C	22.1 °C	32.0 °C	14.6 °C	25	1
August	25.1 °C	17.3 °C	20.8 °C	30.4 °C	13.9 °C	16	0
September	24.8 °C	15.8 °C	20.0 °C	29.7 °C	11.4 °C	12	0
October	22.6 °C	12.9 °C	17.5 °C	26.3 °C	9.5 °C	1	0
November	20.0 °C	11.7 °C	15.6 °C	23.3 °C	6.4 °C	0	0
December	18.7 °C	10.6 °C	14.3 °C	22.5 °C	4.3 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	5	11 h/day	29 %	67 %	12 km/h
February	18 mm	4	12 h/day	23 %	63 %	13 km/h
March	32 mm	7	12 h/day	24 %	59 %	14 km/h
April	57 mm	12	13 h/day	26 %	57 %	13 km/h
May	88 mm	18	13 h/day	32 %	56 %	11 km/h
June	66 mm	14	13 h/day	38 %	47 %	11 km/h
July	73 mm	13	13 h/day	51 %	52 %	12 km/h
August	205 mm	23	13 h/day	49 %	65 %	9.6 km/h
September	173 mm	22	12 h/day	31 %	56 %	9.9 km/h
October	31 mm	8	12 h/day	21 %	53 %	9.9 km/h
November	19 mm	6	11 h/day	25 %	65 %	10 km/h
December	11 mm	3	11 h/day	25 %	66 %	11 km/h

How Abha 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
Abha	27 °C	10 °C	793 mm	103
Khamis Mushait · Saudi Arabia	31 °C	10 °C	404 mm	215
Şabyā · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	22 °C	213 mm	364
Najrān · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	9.8 °C	40 mm	326
Sanaa · Yemen	29 °C	8.6 °C	309 mm	181
Al Ḩudaydah · Yemen	38 °C	22 °C	121 mm	365
Ta’if · Saudi Arabia	34 °C	10 °C	179 mm	248

Where Abha ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	1st of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in March	1st of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	2nd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	3rd of 50	87/100
Places with the best weather in South America in February	3rd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in October	4th of 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Abha.

QuestionsCommon questions about Abha’s climate

When is the best time to visit Abha?

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

How hot does Abha get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Abha?

August, averaging 205 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 793 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 Abha 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
Data point: 18.216°, 42.505° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.