Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ 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 Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 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 13 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khāliş (74 km away). In April its highs average 30.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks 35th of 59 for the warmest April highs and joint 31st of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Sāmarrā’ is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 3.6 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
Sāmarrā’ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 35 | 5.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 30 | 4.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 29.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.0°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 25 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 32 | 5.5 | 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
- Khāliş in AprilIraq · 74 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Baqubah in AprilIraq · 83 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Bayjī in AprilIraq · 89 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in AprilIraq · 95 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in AprilIraq · 100 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Ramadi in AprilIraq · 101 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in AprilIraq · 103 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AprilIraq · 103 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 39 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 Sāmarrā’) is explained once on the Sāmarrā’ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.