Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in April.
A hot, fairly 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 Şabyā: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jizan (30 km away). In April its highs average 32.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Şabyā, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks 7th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 28th of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Şabyā is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 11 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
Şabyā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 35.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 11 | 3.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 35.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 42 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 3.3 | 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
- Jizan in AprilSaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 27.0°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Abha in AprilSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in AprilSaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Najrān in AprilSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Bariq in AprilSaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 29 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AprilYemen · 217 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Sanaa in AprilYemen · 261 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AprilYemen · 264 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 26.5°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 Şabyā) is explained once on the Şabyā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.