Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Kut 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-Kut: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°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 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nu‘mānīyah (38 km away). In April its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Al-Kut, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al-Kut ranks joint 16th 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-Kut is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 7.4 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-Kut climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 24 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 18 | 3.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 7.4 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.5°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 45.8°C31.7°C | 31.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.8°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.8°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 31 | 4.6 | 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
- An Nu‘mānīyah in AprilIraq · 38 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in AprilIraq · 43 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in AprilIraq · 76 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in AprilIraq · 102 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in AprilIraq · 108 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in AprilIraq · 109 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in AprilIraq · 127 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Hillah in AprilIraq · 131 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 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-Kut) is explained once on the Al-Kut year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.