Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Līth weather
in April.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.7°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 25.3°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 6.3 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al Līth · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Al Līth: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shafā (103 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 9.9°C cooler than Al Līth, with 24 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Līth ranks 6th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Al Līth is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 mm to 1.3 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al Līth climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Līth, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.0°C20.4°C20.4°C303.811.111 h
February 29.3°C20.9°C20.9°C3.60.911.511 h
March 31.3°C22.6°C22.6°C6.51.012.012 h
April, selected 33.7°C25.3°C25.3°C6.31.212.613 h
May 35.8°C27.3°C27.3°C1.30.413.113 h
June 37.4°C27.9°C27.9°C00.013.313 h
July 37.2°C28.2°C28.2°C0.80.213.213 h
August 36.7°C28.6°C28.6°C1.50.412.813 h
September 35.7°C28.4°C28.4°C0.60.112.312 h
October 33.9°C26.4°C26.4°C3.80.811.712 h
November 31.4°C23.7°C23.7°C152.811.211 h
December 29.2°C21.6°C21.6°C193.410.911 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

Distance from Al Līth

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Līth) is explained once on the Al Līth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.