Şabyā climate

Name: Şabyā
Address: SA

Şabyā is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (41 mm) and June the driest (3.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Şabyā averages 213 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 228,375 · 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 July 37 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month June 3 mm
Wettest month August 41 mm
Least cloud April 17 % cloud
Hottest on record May 43 °C
Coldest on record February 14 °C
Warmest sea October 32 °C

What to expectŞabyā through the year

Şabyā has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 7.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 277 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 3 mm in June to 41 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Şabyā is warmest in October at 32 °C and coldest in February at 27 °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	28.5 °C	17 mm	29 %
February	29.3 °C	10 mm	23 %
March	31.0 °C	18 mm	20 %
April	33.6 °C	21 mm	17 %
May	35.7 °C	9 mm	21 %
June	36.6 °C	3 mm	31 %
July	36.9 °C	25 mm	42 %
August	35.8 °C	41 mm	42 %
September	35.9 °C	23 mm	29 %
October	34.2 °C	22 mm	22 %
November	31.4 °C	14 mm	19 %
December	29.4 °C	10 mm	22 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.5 °C	21.8 °C	25.1 °C	32.1 °C	14.5 °C	31	2
February	29.3 °C	22.3 °C	25.7 °C	33.6 °C	13.9 °C	28	7
March	31.0 °C	23.8 °C	27.4 °C	36.8 °C	18.7 °C	31	24
April	33.6 °C	26.1 °C	29.8 °C	40.7 °C	22.0 °C	30	29
May	35.7 °C	28.2 °C	31.9 °C	42.5 °C	25.2 °C	31	31
June	36.6 °C	29.0 °C	32.7 °C	41.0 °C	25.7 °C	30	30
July	36.9 °C	29.4 °C	33.0 °C	41.9 °C	25.2 °C	31	31
August	35.8 °C	29.3 °C	32.4 °C	40.8 °C	25.4 °C	31	31
September	35.9 °C	29.1 °C	32.3 °C	39.9 °C	26.2 °C	30	30
October	34.2 °C	27.0 °C	30.5 °C	41.3 °C	23.4 °C	31	31
November	31.4 °C	24.8 °C	28.0 °C	36.3 °C	20.0 °C	30	25
December	29.4 °C	22.8 °C	26.0 °C	33.5 °C	18.4 °C	31	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	17 mm	4	11 h/day	29 %	74 %	15 km/h	27.4 °C
February	10 mm	2	12 h/day	23 %	72 %	17 km/h	27.0 °C
March	18 mm	2	12 h/day	20 %	69 %	18 km/h	27.9 °C
April	21 mm	3	13 h/day	17 %	65 %	20 km/h	29.6 °C
May	9 mm	3	13 h/day	21 %	62 %	21 km/h	31.2 °C
June	3 mm	1	13 h/day	31 %	61 %	22 km/h	31.6 °C
July	25 mm	2	13 h/day	42 %	58 %	25 km/h	30.6 °C
August	41 mm	5	13 h/day	42 %	64 %	22 km/h	30.6 °C
September	23 mm	4	12 h/day	29 %	66 %	21 km/h	31.8 °C
October	22 mm	4	12 h/day	22 %	67 %	20 km/h	31.9 °C
November	14 mm	4	11 h/day	19 %	70 %	17 km/h	30.6 °C
December	10 mm	3	11 h/day	22 %	73 %	15 km/h	28.9 °C

How Şabyā 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
Şabyā	37 °C	22 °C	213 mm	364
Abha · Saudi Arabia	27 °C	10 °C	793 mm	103
Khamis Mushait · Saudi Arabia	31 °C	10 °C	404 mm	215
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
Dhamār · Yemen	26 °C	6.5 °C	548 mm	73

Where Şabyā ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in June	1st of 50	32 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in May	1st of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in November	1st of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in October	1st of 50	32 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Asia year-round	1st of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in June	1st of 50	32 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Şabyā’s climate

When is the best time to visit Şabyā?

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

How hot does Şabyā get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 277 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Şabyā?

August, averaging 41 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is June with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 213 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 Şabyā 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: 17.149°, 42.625° (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.