Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Qāsim weather
in April.
A hot, very 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-Qāsim: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very 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 Al Hillah (31 km away). In April its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Al-Qāsim, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al-Qāsim ranks 14th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 17th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Al-Qāsim is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 4.8 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-Qāsim climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 22 | 3.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 12 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 4.8 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.1°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 45.2°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 45.5°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.7°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 20 | 2.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 3.5 | 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
- Al Hillah in AprilIraq · 31 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Kufa in AprilIraq · 36 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in AprilIraq · 41 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in AprilIraq · 41 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Najaf in AprilIraq · 44 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in AprilIraq · 51 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AprilIraq · 65 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in AprilIraq · 70 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 15 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-Qāsim) is explained once on the Al-Qāsim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.