Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelar 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 Kelar: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khānaqīn (32 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kelar, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kelar ranks joint 41st of 59 for the warmest April highs and 43rd of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Kelar is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 12 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
Kelar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 99 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 27.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 5.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 39.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 26 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 8.1 | 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
- Khānaqīn in AprilIraq · 32 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AprilIraq · 69 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in AprilIraq · 80 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AprilIraq · 105 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Khāliş in AprilIraq · 116 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Baqubah in AprilIraq · 117 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in AprilIran · 125 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Kirkuk in AprilIraq · 126 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 52 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 Kelar) is explained once on the Kelar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.