Climate averages 1991–2020
Khānaqīn weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Khānaqīn: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelar (32 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Khānaqīn, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khānaqīn ranks 38th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 41st of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Khānaqīn is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 10 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
Khānaqīn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 80 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 62 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 28.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 40 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 35.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 10 | 2.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.8°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 19 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 57 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 7.7 | 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
- Kelar in AprilIraq · 32 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in AprilIraq · 59 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AprilIraq · 92 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Baqubah in AprilIraq · 98 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Khāliş in AprilIraq · 99 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in AprilIran · 108 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Īlām in AprilIran · 124 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AprilIraq · 135 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 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 Khānaqīn) is explained once on the Khānaqīn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.