Climate averages 1991–2020
Najrān weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Najrān: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Şabyā (164 km away). In April its highs average 33.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Najrān, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Najrān ranks 15th of 35 for the warmest April highs and joint 20th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Najrān is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 4.3 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
Najrān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 9.5 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 13 | 3.6 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 37.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| August | 36.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 34.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 3.3 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 27.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| December | 25.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.111 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
- Şabyā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in AprilSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Jizan in AprilSaudi Arabia · 180 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 27.0°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Abha in AprilSaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 55 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AprilYemen · 205 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Sanaa in AprilYemen · 238 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Bariq in AprilSaudi Arabia · 282 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Bīshah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 322 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 Najrān) is explained once on the Najrān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.