Climate averages 1991–2020
Nasiriyah 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 Nasiriyah: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 19.3°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 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shaţrah (40 km away). In April its highs average 33.0°C, about as warm as Nasiriyah, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Nasiriyah ranks 6th 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; Nasiriyah is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 39.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 2.9 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
Nasiriyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 25 | 4.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 33.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 44.3°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.2°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.4°C31.7°C | 31.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.6°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 5.3 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.210 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
- Ash Shaţrah in AprilIraq · 40 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in AprilIraq · 91 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 15 mm rain
- As Samawah in AprilIraq · 97 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in AprilIraq · 97 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in AprilIraq · 112 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in AprilIraq · 121 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in AprilIraq · 126 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in AprilIraq · 157 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 10 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 Nasiriyah) is explained once on the Nasiriyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.