Climate averages 1991–2020
Arar weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Arar: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.5 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 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakakah (137 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Arar, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Arar ranks 29th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Arar is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.5 mm to 2.1 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
Arar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 33.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 37.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 39.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.210 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
- Sakakah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Najaf in AprilIraq · 335 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Karbala in AprilIraq · 336 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Rukban in AprilJordan · 340 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Kufa in AprilIraq · 344 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Ramadi in AprilIraq · 346 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in AprilIraq · 348 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Qurayyat in AprilSaudi Arabia · 354 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 Arar) is explained once on the Arar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.