Climate averages 1991–2020
Laayoune weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th 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 Laayoune: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telde (239 km away). In April its highs average 19.9°C, 4.6°C cooler than Laayoune, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Western Sahara, Laayoune ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 24.1°C; Laayoune is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 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
Laayoune climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 6.7 | 1.2 | 10.611 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 24.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 30.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 7.8 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 4.8 | 0.9 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 8.3 | 1.4 | 10.510 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
- Telde in AprilSpain · 239 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in AprilSpain · 244 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in AprilSpain · 247 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in AprilMorocco · 251 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in AprilSpain · 336 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Arona in AprilSpain · 360 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Guelmim in AprilMorocco · 369 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Tiznit in AprilMorocco · 442 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 17 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 Laayoune) is explained once on the Laayoune year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.