Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩayy weather
in April.
A hot, fairly 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 Al Ḩayy: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qal‘at Sukkar (35 km away). In April its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Al Ḩayy, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Ḩayy ranks 13th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 34th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Al Ḩayy is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 39.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 7.3 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
Al Ḩayy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 32 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 23 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 18 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 7.3 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.9°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.0°C32.2°C | 32.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.1°C31.9°C | 31.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 31 | 4.8 | 10.110 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
- Qal‘at Sukkar in AprilIraq · 35 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Al-Kut in AprilIraq · 43 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 18 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in AprilIraq · 73 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in AprilIraq · 86 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in AprilIraq · 107 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in AprilIraq · 110 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- As Samawah in AprilIraq · 117 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in AprilIraq · 126 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 11 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 Al Ḩayy) is explained once on the Al Ḩayy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.