Climate averages 1991–2020
Saqqez weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Saqqez: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Būkān (31 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Saqqez, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Saqqez ranks joint 112th of 128 for the warmest April highs and joint 95th of 128 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 128 cities is 21.8°C; Saqqez is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 33 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
Saqqez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.6°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 71 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 62 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 34.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 8.2 | 9.710 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
- Būkān in AprilIran · 31 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Bāneh in AprilIran · 45 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Mahābād in AprilIran · 75 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in AprilIran · 81 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Marīvān in AprilIran · 82 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AprilIraq · 103 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AprilIraq · 107 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Naqadeh in AprilIran · 111 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 43 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 Saqqez) is explained once on the Saqqez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.