Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nu‘mānīyah 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 An Nu‘mānīyah: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 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 Al-Kut (38 km away). In April its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as An Nu‘mānīyah, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, An Nu‘mānīyah ranks 15th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; An Nu‘mānīyah is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 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
An Nu‘mānīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 30 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.5°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 45.7°C31.4°C | 31.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.8°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 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-Kut in AprilIraq · 38 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in AprilIraq · 72 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in AprilIraq · 73 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in AprilIraq · 74 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in AprilIraq · 78 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Hillah in AprilIraq · 94 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in AprilIraq · 99 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in AprilIraq · 100 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 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 An Nu‘mānīyah) is explained once on the An Nu‘mānīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.