Madaba weather in April

In April, Madaba sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Madaba's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
7th warmest
Overnight low
13°
6th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:14 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
29%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Madaba is city in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.

Density
2/km²
people per km²
Founded
1921

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical April day in Madaba reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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112413
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How April really feels in Madaba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Madaba weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 497.310.25.0
Feb16° / 42710.85.6
Mar19° / 10°295.111.87.3
Apr24° / 13°92.112.88.6
May29° / 17°30.613.67.5
Jun32° / 20°00.1145.8
Jul33° / 22°0013.94.8
Aug33° / 22°0013.24.7
Sep32° / 21°00.112.25.8
Oct28° / 18°41.111.27.8
Nov22° / 12°143.410.48.2
Dec17° / 295.1106.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38317
48416
58416
68416
78515
88515
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Madaba gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
112
211
310
410
59
69
78
88
98
108
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147
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216
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295
305

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
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Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
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309calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:10 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:335:50
212.35:315:51
312.45:305:52
412.45:295:52
512.45:285:53
612.55:265:54
712.55:255:54
812.55:245:55
912.65:225:56
1012.65:215:56
1112.65:205:57
1212.65:195:58
1312.75:175:58
1412.75:165:59
1512.75:156:00
1612.85:146:00
1712.85:136:01
1812.85:116:02
1912.95:106:02
2012.95:096:03
2112.95:086:04
2213.05:076:04
2313.05:066:05
2413.05:056:06
2513.15:036:07
2613.15:026:07
2713.15:016:08
2813.15:006:09
2913.24:596:09
3013.24:586:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.3Intense
46.3Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
76.5Intense
86.5Intense
96.5Intense
106.6Intense
116.6Intense
126.6Intense
136.7Intense
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216.9Intense
227.0Intense
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257.1Intense
267.1Intense
277.1Intense
287.2Intense
297.2Intense
307.2Intense
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Madaba?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Madaba for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Madaba in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Madaba sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Madaba in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madaba peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Madaba in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Madaba is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1238 µg/m³Jul 1824 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr39Poor
May35Poor
Jun27Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Madaba?

Madaba sits at 31.7°N, 35.8°E, 790 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Umm as Summāq, 20 km away.

Ḩayy al QuwaysimahSaḩābWādī as SīrMāḩişAmman

Topography around Madaba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Madaba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Madaba is covered by cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and bare terrain (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
1,123 m
80 km
1,719 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Umm as Summāq 20 km · Marj Al Hamam 21 km · Khuraybat as Sūq 22 km · Ḩayy al Quwaysimah 26 km · Saḩāb 26 km · Wādī as Sīr 27 km · Māḩiş 30 km · Amman 30 km

Jordan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type B / C / D / F / G / J
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,348
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
17
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 426
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 2%Buddhist 0%Hindu 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Madaba (31.716°, 35.7939°, elevation 790 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).