Climate averages 1991–2020
Karbala 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 Karbala: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very 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 Hindīyah (20 km away). In April its highs average 31.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Karbala, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Karbala ranks joint 29th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 9th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Karbala is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 2.7 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
Karbala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 11 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 41.3°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 43.5°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 43.7°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 19 | 2.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 3.1 | 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 Hindīyah in AprilIraq · 20 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AprilIraq · 31 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in AprilIraq · 31 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Hillah in AprilIraq · 41 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in AprilIraq · 43 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in AprilIraq · 59 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in AprilIraq · 71 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Najaf in AprilIraq · 72 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.7 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 Karbala) is explained once on the Karbala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.