Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk 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 Kirkuk: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In April its highs average 27.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks 43rd of 59 for the warmest April highs and 44th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Kirkuk is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 17 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
Kirkuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 78 | 9.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 77 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 25.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 52 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 33.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.3°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 37.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 29 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 57 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 8.9 | 9.810 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
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AprilIraq · 68 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AprilIraq · 85 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Erbil in AprilIraq · 87 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AprilIraq · 93 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AprilIraq · 95 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Rānyah in AprilIraq · 98 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AprilIraq · 100 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Bayjī in AprilIraq · 102 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 23 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 Kirkuk) is explained once on the Kirkuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.