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Khamis Mushait is bathed in sunshine — 344 sunny days a year, with hot summers that push life indoors midday. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia is a 581K-resident city with 344 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 39.6 µg/m³. A city in Saudi Arabia.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 26 |
| Daily mean°C | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 22 |
| Daily low°C | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 17 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 30 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 59 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 39 | 20 | 37 | 47 | 29 | 23 | 43 | 42 | 42 |
| Dewpoint°C | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 12 | 6 | 48 | 56 | 27 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 345 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| Clear skyindex | 68% | 80% | 72% | 69% | 65% | 60% | 44% | 44% | 62% | 80% | 82% | 87% | 68% |
| UV indexmax avg | 8.4 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 10.1 |
Khamis Mushait offers a solid outdoor season. 4 months of the year are perfect for all activities. Dinner outside is comfortable 9/12 months — impressive, while lunch outside is comfortable 10/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Khamis Mushait reports an annual PM2.5 of 39.6 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Khamis Mushait reports an annual PM2.5 of 39.6 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 39.6 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Khamis Mushait? Honestly, air quality is a genuine health trade-off — Khamis Mushait's annual PM2.5 of 39.6 µg/m³ exceeds the EU limit and WHO standards by a wide margin, with respiratory impacts documented at these levels.
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