Climate averages 1991–2020
Abū Ghurayb weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Abū Ghurayb: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baghdad (20 km away). In April its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Abū Ghurayb, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Abū Ghurayb ranks 28th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Abū Ghurayb is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 37.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 4.7 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
Abū Ghurayb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 25 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 13 | 2.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 4.7 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.9°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 44.2°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.4°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.9 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.010 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
- Baghdad in AprilIraq · 20 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Sadr City in AprilIraq · 27 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in AprilIraq · 32 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in AprilIraq · 37 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in AprilIraq · 49 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AprilIraq · 59 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Baqubah in AprilIraq · 63 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Khāliş in AprilIraq · 65 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 17 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 Abū Ghurayb) is explained once on the Abū Ghurayb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.