Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bahah (71 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, 1.5°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks 32nd of 35 for the warmest April highs and 30th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Sabt Alalayah is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 37 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
Sabt Alalayah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 37 | 11.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 6.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 53 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 46 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.011 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 Bahah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bariq in AprilSaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Bīshah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Abha in AprilSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in AprilSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Al Līth in AprilSaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ta’if in AprilSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 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 Sabt Alalayah) is explained once on the Sabt Alalayah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.