Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Miqdādīyah 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 Miqdādīyah: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baqubah (40 km away). In April its highs average 30.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Al Miqdādīyah, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Miqdādīyah ranks 34th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 39th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Al Miqdādīyah is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 6.5 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 Miqdādīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 51 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 40 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 43 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 25 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 6.5 | 1.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.1°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.8°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 44.8°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 50 | 6.3 | 9.910 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
- Baqubah in AprilIraq · 40 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Khāliş in AprilIraq · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in AprilIraq · 59 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Sadr City in AprilIraq · 79 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kelar in AprilIraq · 80 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Baghdad in AprilIraq · 87 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in AprilIraq · 100 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in AprilIraq · 102 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 13 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 Miqdādīyah) is explained once on the Al Miqdādīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.