Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zulfī weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Az Zulfī: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 10th 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 Buraydah (84 km away). In April its highs average 32.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Az Zulfī, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Az Zulfī ranks 17th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 26th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Az Zulfī is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 37.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 2.3 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
Az Zulfī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 41.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 42.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 39.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 28 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 15 | 2.7 | 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
- Buraydah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Unaizah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Ar Rass in AprilSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in AprilSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Riyadh in AprilSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in AprilSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Ha'il in AprilSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Kharj in AprilSaudi Arabia · 348 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 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 Az Zulfī) is explained once on the Az Zulfī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.