Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayjī weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Bayjī: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 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 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Sharqāt (70 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bayjī, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Bayjī ranks 36th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 38th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Bayjī is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 6.2 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
Bayjī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 22.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 35.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.6°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 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
- Ash Sharqāt in AprilIraq · 70 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in AprilIraq · 89 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Kirkuk in AprilIraq · 102 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AprilIraq · 104 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Erbil in AprilIraq · 148 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Xebat in AprilIraq · 151 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AprilIraq · 153 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Khāliş in AprilIraq · 157 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.1°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 Bayjī) is explained once on the Bayjī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.