Climate · Riyadh

Riyadh in April

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Riyadh is hot: highs near 94°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Riyadh is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
94°F34°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
12h 43mon average

Is April a good time to visit Riyadh?


April sits outside Riyadh's best months, which run from December to February. Expect hot days and rain on about 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 94°F in April, against 71°F to 112°F through the year.Highs near 34°C in April, against 22°C to 44°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in April, against 0% to 9% through the year.

Cloud cover

33% cover in April, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

12h 43m in April, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m 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. March84°29°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. April94°34°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May104°40°low 75°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Riyadh sits, in April

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:32 AMsets 6:15 PM
Above the sea
590 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Jeddah844 km west

The land around Riyadh, 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

  • Jeddah93°34° · 73°23° 0
  • AlUla92°33° · 56°13° 0
  • Umluj87°31° · 69°21° 0

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Riyadh. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.