Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xebat (51 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Mawşil al Jadīdah ranks 44th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 42nd of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Al Mawşil al Jadīdah is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 16 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 62 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 25.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 32.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 39.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 42.2°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 37.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 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
- Xebat in AprilIraq · 51 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Sīnah in AprilIraq · 53 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Dihok in AprilIraq · 60 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Simele in AprilIraq · 63 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Sumayl in AprilIraq · 63 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 58 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AprilIraq · 82 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Erbil in AprilIraq · 83 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AprilIraq · 83 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 62 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah) is explained once on the Al Mawşil al Jadīdah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.