Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in April.
A warm, very dry 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 Qā’im: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very 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 Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In April its highs average 26.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks 39th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 9th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Al Qā’im is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 4.5 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 Qā’im climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 27.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 40.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 40.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 19 | 3.9 | 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
- Deir ez-Zor in AprilSyria · 130 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in AprilSyria · 236 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Bayjī in AprilIraq · 236 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in AprilIraq · 239 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Ramadi in AprilIraq · 240 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Rukban in AprilJordan · 243 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in AprilSyria · 250 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in AprilIraq · 267 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.7°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 Al Qā’im) is explained once on the Al Qā’im year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.