Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in April.
A warm, fairly 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 Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 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 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In April its highs average 28.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks joint 41st of 59 for the warmest April highs and 37th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 7.7 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
Ash Sharqāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 38 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 27.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.9°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.6°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 39 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
- Bayjī in AprilIraq · 70 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in AprilIraq · 91 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Xebat in AprilIraq · 94 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Erbil in AprilIraq · 103 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Kirkuk in AprilIraq · 106 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AprilIraq · 112 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AprilIraq · 115 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Sīnah in AprilIraq · 145 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 57 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 Ash Sharqāt) is explained once on the Ash Sharqāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.