Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Erbil: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In April its highs average 22.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Erbil, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 46th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 50th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Erbil is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 22 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
Erbil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 102 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 94 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 93 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 41.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 64 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 8.4 | 9.710 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
- Khasnahzān in AprilIraq · 12 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AprilIraq · 14 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Xebat in AprilIraq · 32 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.0°C · 56 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AprilIraq · 61 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Soran in AprilIraq · 70 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AprilIraq · 71 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Rānyah in AprilIraq · 79 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in AprilIraq · 83 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 43 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 Erbil) is explained once on the Erbil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baḥarkah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.