Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Madinah: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, 4.1°C cooler than Madinah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks joint 2nd of 35 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Madinah is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 38.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.7 mm to 1.9 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
Madinah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 34.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 42.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 6.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Yanbu in AprilSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Rābigh in AprilSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Jeddah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Makkah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Ta’if in AprilSaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ha'il in AprilSaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Ar Rass in AprilSaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.3°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 Madinah) is explained once on the Madinah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.