Climate averages 1991–2020
Kufa 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 Kufa: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Najaf (9 km away). In April its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Kufa, with 9.7 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kufa ranks joint 16th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Kufa is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 38.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 4.7 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
Kufa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 12 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 10 | 2.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 4.7 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 42.5°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 44.6°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 44.9°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.3°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 16 | 2.7 | 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
- Najaf in AprilIraq · 9 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in AprilIraq · 36 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Hillah in AprilIraq · 46 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in AprilIraq · 46 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in AprilIraq · 54 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in AprilIraq · 58 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Karbala in AprilIraq · 74 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AprilIraq · 82 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 11 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 Kufa) is explained once on the Kufa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.