Climate averages 1991–2020
Rukban 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 Rukban: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dūmā (215 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Rukban, with 4.3 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Rukban ranks joint 3rd of 12 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 12 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 12 cities is 23.6°C; Rukban is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 5.3 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
Rukban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 17 | 4.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 13.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 10 | 1.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 36.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.010 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
- Dūmā in AprilSyria · 215 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Damascus in AprilSyria · 225 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Dārayyā in AprilSyria · 230 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Homs in AprilSyria · 240 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 14 mm rain
- As Salamīyah in AprilSyria · 242 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in AprilIraq · 243 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in AprilSyria · 255 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Qurayyat in AprilSaudi Arabia · 255 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 2.7 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 Rukban) is explained once on the Rukban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.