Climate averages 1991–2020
Yanbu weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Yanbu: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madinah (163 km away). In April its highs average 34.6°C, 4.1°C warmer than Yanbu, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Yanbu ranks 22nd of 35 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 35 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 35 cities is 30.7°C; Yanbu is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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
Yanbu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 35.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 35.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 36.2°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 35.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 2.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 1.3 | 10.711 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
- Madinah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Rābigh in AprilSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Jeddah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Makkah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 347 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Ta’if in AprilSaudi Arabia · 396 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 408 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in AprilSaudi Arabia · 494 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Tabuk in AprilSaudi Arabia · 502 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 1.3 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 Yanbu) is explained once on the Yanbu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.