Het weer in Dode Zee in april
Dode Zee in april: heet, droog — een van de beste maanden om te gaan.
Bijgewerkt september 2026 · klimaatnormalen uit de ERA5-heranalyse
#1 van 12 maanden in Dode Zee · #2 van 1413 bestemmingen om te bezoeken in april · comfort 97/100 (tier S)
- Dagen
- 28°C
- Nachten
- 20°C
- Natte dagen
- 2
- Zon
- 11.6 h
- Luchtvochtigheid
- 58%
- Daglicht
- 13 h

Reizigersnotities over Dode Zee in april
Jordan's forum calls late March into April peak season at the Dead Sea for good reason — warm enough to float comfortably without the punishing summer heat, and it's also when Ammanis themselves head down to escape the cooler capital. Regulars note evenings still call for a layer, the desert cools fast once the sun's down.
Andere maanden in Dode Zee
Regulars are specific that this basin runs roughly ten degrees warmer than Amman or Wadi Musa at the same time of year, genuinely comfortable here even as those higher-elevation spots turn chilly - a real reason to base part of a Jordan trip at the lowest point on earth this late in the season. Our row backs that warm, still-mild read, 25.7C over 20.3C nights, with rain light at 18.3mm across 4.4 days and humidity at 64 percent. Regulars are consistent swimming and floating remain genuinely comfortable this month, though a few cold, wet days can still mix in, worth checking the forecast rather than assuming guaranteed sun. This counts among the better months to visit overall according to regulars. The record: 9.1 hours of sun, an 11.1 kph wind and AQI 65.
Regulars are specific about how this heat differs from what it sounds like on paper: dry rather than humid, so the same number on a thermometer here feels less oppressive than it would in a humid city, and they compare it favourably against nearby Eilat on the Red Sea, which runs hotter still in June. The real warning is saved for July through September, making June the milder end of the hot season rather than its peak. Our row backs the dryness at 53.9 percent humidity, though the heat itself is real, 34.4C reading as 39C, over 25.7C nights. Rain is a non-factor, under a millimetre across less than a third of a day. Their practical advice is to slow down, drink water, and cover up rather than avoid the month outright - June is also before the summer crowds arrive. The record: 13 hours of sun, a 14.6 kph wind and AQI 66.
Regulars explain this month with a depth rather than a latitude: more than four hundred metres below sea level, which keeps it warm when the highlands are not, and thick enough air that they quote roughly a fifth more oxygen than at the coast. So March here is where people come down to escape the cold in Amman, and the end of March into early April is the peak. They warn the month is unpredictable - it can be warm and sunny, cloudy, or briefly torrential - and put the end of it in the low twenties, which is our 22.6C over 16.5C. The water runs 22 to 30C across the year with March at the cool end. The record: 27.1mm across 6 days, 10.4 hours of sun and AQI 60.
May at the Dead Sea is early in the hot half and already hot: regulars give high-80s to low-90s Fahrenheit, which is our row's 31.7C average high, and call May one of the better months precisely because it usually stays under 35C. The water is a long way behind the air, around 21 to 23C in early May, and that is warm enough to float in comfortably - floating being the whole activity, since swimming here is a mistake. The advice attached is three to four litres of water a day, timing your float for early morning or late afternoon, and water shoes, because the bed is rock and sharp salt crystals. Regulars blame the dryness; our row's 52 percent humidity is milder than that word suggests, but a 34C feels-like makes the same point. The record: 23.4C nights, 1.5 precipitation days and 12.7 hours of sun.
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Klimaatnormalen Dode Zee — april
Maandgemiddelden uit de ERA5-heranalyse. AQI is de gemiddelde Amerikaanse luchtkwaliteitsindex voor de maand.
Drukte in Dode Zee in april
Hoe druk de plek zelf is — school- en massavakanties, de maanden die een redacteur markeerde, en hoe gewild het weer ze maakt. Nooit onderdeel van de comfortscore.
Topdruktereizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Dead Sea Ultra Marathon, Eid al-Adha
Uit reizigersnotities: “Jordan's forum calls late March into April peak season at the Dead Sea for good reason — warm enough to float comf…” — Tripadvisor community
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Beste maanden voor het weer in Dode Zee
Gerangschikt op de eigen klimaatcomfortscore van deze bestemming door het jaar heen — iets anders dan hoe druk het er wordt (zie Drukte hierboven).
Redelijk weerHet weer in Dode Zee schommelt niet hard door het jaar — het comfort blijft elke maand redelijk gelijk.
Wat er speelt in Dode Zee in april
Terugkerende seizoensevenementen, natuurspektakels, sluitingen en feestdagen — gecureerd en met bron.
- Risico
Khamsin dust winds
15 mrt – 31 mei · meestalStofseizoenHot southerlies off the desert push dust up the rift for a few days at a time in spring, dropping the visibility across the water to nothing and coating everything left outside. They usually blow through in two or three days. Bron ↗
- Opening
Wadi Mujib water trails open
1 apr – 31 oktWandelseizoenBoek vroegThe Siq and the other wet trails in the Mujib reserve run from 1 April to 31 October and are shut the rest of the year. The reserve trims either end of the season when it rains, and closes at a few hours' notice mid-season. Bron ↗
- Festival
Dead Sea Ultra Marathon
10 aprSportevenementDrukSluitingenFifty kilometres downhill from the highlands to the lowest point on land, run in April before the heat rules it out. The shore hotels fill with runners the night before and the descent road is closed to traffic for the morning. Bron ↗
- Feestdag
Eid al-Adha
25 apr – 15 jun · meestalRamadan & SuikerfeestDrukSluitingenFour days of public holiday when Amman comes down to the shore for the day and the resort day passes sell out. The date moves about eleven days earlier each year. Bron ↗
Vlakbij, en er is iets te doen
Binnen 300 km van Dode Zee — een dagtrip of een kort ritje — met deze maand iets te doen. Nooit onderdeel van de comfortscore.
Waar ligt Dode Zee?
Dode Zee in april — veelgestelde vragen
- Is april een goede tijd om Dode Zee te bezoeken?
- Dode Zee in april: heet, droog — een van de beste maanden om te gaan. Het staat op plek #1 van 12 maanden voor Dode Zee op de comfortscore van SeasonMap (97/100).
- Hoe is het weer in Dode Zee in april?
- In april heeft Dode Zee gemiddeld een dagmaximum van 27.7°C en een minimum van 19.8°C, met ongeveer 9.5 mm regen over zo’n 2.2 regendagen.
- Hoe is de luchtkwaliteit in Dode Zee in april?
- Dode Zee heeft in april een gemiddelde Amerikaanse luchtkwaliteitsindex van ongeveer 63.
Binnen 300 km: Petra's Petra by Night op 1 jan – 31 dec en Damascus' Easter in Bab Touma op 5–12 apr.