Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (63 km away). In April its highs average 15.9°C, 5.3°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks 57th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 53rd of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Sulaymaniyah is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 30 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
Sulaymaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 131 | 12.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 121 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 39.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 39.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 108 | 10.1 | 9.810 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
- Bāneh in AprilIran · 63 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Marīvān in AprilIran · 68 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AprilIraq · 74 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Rānyah in AprilIraq · 91 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AprilIraq · 94 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Kirkuk in AprilIraq · 95 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 13.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AprilIraq · 105 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Kelar in AprilIraq · 105 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 47 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 Sulaymaniyah) is explained once on the Sulaymaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.