Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ar Rifā‘: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km away). In April its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Ar Rifā‘, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Bahrain, Ar Rifā‘ ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest April highs and joint 2nd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 26.1°C; Ar Rifā‘ is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ar Rifā‘ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.3°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 34.7°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 35.0°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 33.7°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Madīnat Ḩamad in AprilBahrain · 5 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Manama in AprilBahrain · 11 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in AprilBahrain · 15 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Khobar in AprilSaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Dammam in AprilSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in AprilSaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Lusail in AprilQatar · 124 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in AprilQatar · 128 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ar Rifā‘) is explained once on the Ar Rifā‘ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Muharraq and Manama lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.