Climate averages 1991–2020
Qal‘at Sukkar weather
in April.
A hot, fairly 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 Qal‘at Sukkar: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Ḩayy (35 km away). In April its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Qal‘at Sukkar, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qal‘at Sukkar ranks joint 10th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 27th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Qal‘at Sukkar is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 39.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 4.3 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
Qal‘at Sukkar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 26 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 18 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 44.0°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.1°C32.3°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.2°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.3°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 3.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 24 | 3.8 | 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
- Al Ḩayy in AprilIraq · 35 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in AprilIraq · 51 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Al-Kut in AprilIraq · 76 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in AprilIraq · 91 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 11 mm rain
- As Samawah in AprilIraq · 94 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.4 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in AprilIraq · 99 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in AprilIraq · 101 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in AprilIraq · 109 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°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 Qal‘at Sukkar) is explained once on the Qal‘at Sukkar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.