Climate averages 1991–2020
Soran weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Soran: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (52 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 2.0°C warmer than Soran, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Soran ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 59th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Soran is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 60 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
Soran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 150 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 156 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 169 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 132 | 10.0 | 9.710 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
- Hajiawa in AprilIraq · 52 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Piranshahr in AprilIran · 54 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Rānyah in AprilIraq · 54 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AprilIraq · 59 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 62 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AprilIraq · 60 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AprilIraq · 62 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Erbil in AprilIraq · 70 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AprilIraq · 74 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 113 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 Soran) is explained once on the Soran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.