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AlUla in April

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in AlUla is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 56°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.April in AlUla is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 13°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
12h 46mon average

Is April a good time to visit AlUla?

April sits outside AlUla's best months, which run from December to March. Expect hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 92°F in April, against 72°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in April, against 22°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in April, against 0% to 4% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in April, against 6% to 28% through the year.

Daylight

12h 46m in April, against 10h 30m to 13h 47m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March83°28°low 48°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. April92°33°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. May100°38°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where AlUla sits, in April

Asia/Riyadh
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:05 AMsets 6:51 PM
Above the sea
640 mupland
Latitude
26.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Umluj183 km south-west

The land around AlUla, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in AlUla

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest AlUla. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (640 m) against the climate model's (810 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (640 m) against the climate model's (810 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.