Climate averages 1991–2020
Rābigh weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Rābigh: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (146 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, 2.0°C cooler than Rābigh, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Rābigh ranks 8th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Rābigh is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.9 mm to under 1 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
Rābigh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 37.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 37.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.811 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
- Jeddah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Makkah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Yanbu in AprilSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Madinah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ta’if in AprilSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in AprilSaudi Arabia · 321 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 399 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 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 Rābigh) is explained once on the Rābigh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.