Climate averages 1991–2020

Jebel Ali weather
in April.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.4°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 20.7°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 4.2 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Jebel Ali · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Jebel Ali: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dubai (22 km away). In April its highs average 34.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Jebel Ali, with 5.3 mm of rain.

Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Jebel Ali ranks 8th of 13 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 33.8°C; Jebel Ali is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jebel Ali climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jebel Ali, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.6°C14.4°C14.4°C142.110.811 h
February 25.3°C15.2°C15.2°C111.511.311 h
March 28.4°C17.4°C17.4°C131.812.012 h
April, selected 33.4°C20.7°C20.7°C4.20.612.713 h
May 38.0°C24.3°C24.3°C0.10.013.313 h
June 40.1°C26.4°C26.4°C0.10.013.714 h
July 41.2°C29.0°C29.0°C1.70.113.514 h
August 41.7°C29.3°C29.3°C0.40.013.013 h
September 39.4°C26.7°C26.7°C0.20.012.312 h
October 35.7°C23.4°C23.4°C0.50.111.612 h
November 30.2°C19.8°C19.8°C3.20.611.011 h
December 25.8°C16.3°C16.3°C7.31.210.611 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

Distance from Jebel Ali

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jebel Ali) is explained once on the Jebel Ali year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.