Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah 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 Makkah: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 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 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (64 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 6.9°C cooler than Makkah, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks 1st of 35 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Makkah is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 38.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 6.3 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
Makkah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 9.3 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 38.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 39.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 24 | 2.9 | 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 · 64 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Jeddah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Al Līth in AprilSaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Rābigh in AprilSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Bīshah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 330 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 Makkah) is explained once on the Makkah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.