Khamis Mushait climate

Name: Khamis Mushait
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Khamis Mushait is warmest in June, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. August is the wettest month (102 mm) and December the driest (5.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Khamis Mushait averages 404 mm of rain and 215 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 387,553 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January 10 °C
Driest month December 6 mm
Wettest month August 102 mm
Least cloud October 17 % cloud
Hottest on record June 35 °C
Coldest on record January 0.5 °C

What to expectKhamis Mushait through the year

Khamis Mushait has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in January to 31 °C in June, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 215 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 102 mm against 6 mm in December — 18 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.7 °C	23 mm	30 %
February	22.5 °C	13 mm	24 %
March	24.0 °C	37 mm	25 %
April	25.8 °C	54 mm	27 %
May	28.6 °C	41 mm	32 %
June	31.2 °C	25 mm	36 %
July	30.3 °C	57 mm	50 %
August	29.2 °C	102 mm	46 %
September	29.3 °C	32 mm	27 %
October	26.4 °C	7 mm	17 %
November	23.3 °C	7 mm	21 %
December	21.7 °C	6 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.7 °C	10.3 °C	15.2 °C	26.5 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
February	22.5 °C	11.5 °C	16.8 °C	27.5 °C	1.6 °C	4	0
March	24.0 °C	13.2 °C	18.4 °C	30.2 °C	5.9 °C	12	0
April	25.8 °C	15.3 °C	20.4 °C	31.5 °C	8.6 °C	20	1
May	28.6 °C	18.0 °C	23.2 °C	33.8 °C	11.3 °C	29	9
June	31.2 °C	19.5 °C	25.3 °C	34.9 °C	13.6 °C	30	24
July	30.3 °C	19.1 °C	24.7 °C	34.5 °C	15.1 °C	31	18
August	29.2 °C	18.7 °C	23.9 °C	33.8 °C	14.1 °C	30	11
September	29.3 °C	17.8 °C	23.5 °C	32.6 °C	12.8 °C	30	8
October	26.4 °C	15.0 °C	20.5 °C	30.0 °C	7.9 °C	25	0
November	23.3 °C	12.5 °C	17.7 °C	26.9 °C	4.7 °C	4	0
December	21.7 °C	10.8 °C	16.0 °C	25.8 °C	2.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	23 mm	4	11 h/day	30 %	65 %	16 km/h
February	13 mm	3	12 h/day	24 %	60 %	17 km/h
March	37 mm	8	12 h/day	25 %	58 %	19 km/h
April	54 mm	9	13 h/day	27 %	56 %	16 km/h
May	41 mm	10	13 h/day	32 %	47 %	14 km/h
June	25 mm	7	13 h/day	36 %	34 %	16 km/h
July	57 mm	12	13 h/day	50 %	44 %	16 km/h
August	102 mm	21	13 h/day	46 %	51 %	15 km/h
September	32 mm	9	12 h/day	27 %	38 %	17 km/h
October	7 mm	1	12 h/day	17 %	37 %	15 km/h
November	7 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	56 %	12 km/h
December	6 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	60 %	13 km/h

How Khamis Mushait 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
Khamis Mushait	31 °C	10 °C	404 mm	215
Abha · Saudi Arabia	27 °C	10 °C	793 mm	103
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 Khamis Mushait ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in December	1stof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in February	1stof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in January	1stof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in South America in November	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	2ndof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	2ndof 50	98/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Khamis Mushait’s climate

When is the best time to visit Khamis Mushait?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, October 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 Khamis Mushait get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 71 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °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 Khamis Mushait?

August, averaging 102 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 404 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 Khamis Mushait 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.