Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shafā weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 9th 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 Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 4.6°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks 34th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 29th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Ash Shafā is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 21 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
Ash Shafā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 18.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 24 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 21 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 15 | 4.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.911 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
- Ta’if in AprilSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Makkah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Līth in AprilSaudi Arabia · 103 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Jeddah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Rābigh in AprilSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Bīshah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 13 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 Ash Shafā) is explained once on the Ash Shafā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.