Climate averages 1991–2020
Riyadh weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Riyadh: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Kharj (86 km away). In April its highs average 34.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Riyadh, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh ranks 9th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Riyadh is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 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
Riyadh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 23.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 42.5°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 21.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 9.1 | 1.7 | 10.611 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
- Al Kharj in AprilSaudi Arabia · 86 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in AprilSaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in AprilSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in AprilSaudi Arabia · 298 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Unaizah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 315 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Buraydah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Ar Rass in AprilSaudi Arabia · 350 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in AprilSaudi Arabia · 389 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 5.3 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 Riyadh) is explained once on the Riyadh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.