Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sakakah, with 6.5 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 27th of 35 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Sakakah is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.6 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
Sakakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 6.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 7.2 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
- Arar in AprilSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Ha'il in AprilSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Qurayyat in AprilSaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Tabuk in AprilSaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Rukban in AprilJordan · 398 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Najaf in AprilIraq · 456 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Zarqa in AprilJordan · 457 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Russeifa in AprilJordan · 457 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 10 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 Sakakah) is explained once on the Sakakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.