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AlUla in October

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in AlUla is very hot: highs near 99°F, lows near 62°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.October in AlUla is very hot: highs near 37°C, lows near 17°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
99°F37°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 28mon average

Is October a good time to visit AlUla?

October sits outside AlUla's best months, which run from December to March. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 99°F in October, against 72°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 37°C in October, against 22°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

0% of days in October, against 0% to 4% through the year.

Cloud cover

14% cover in October, against 6% to 28% through the year.

Daylight

11h 28m in October, against 10h 30m to 13h 47m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September106°41°low 70°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October99°37°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November85°29°low 53°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where AlUla sits, in October

Asia/Riyadh
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:27 AMsets 6:01 PM
Above the sea
640 mupland
Latitude
26.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Umluj183 km south-west

The land around AlUla, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in AlUla

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest AlUla. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (640 m) against the climate model's (810 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (640 m) against the climate model's (810 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.