Climate averages 1991–2020
Xebat weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Xebat: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Erbil (32 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Xebat, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Xebat ranks 45th of 59 for the warmest April highs and 45th of 59 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 59 cities is 28.6°C; Xebat is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 18 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
Xebat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 90 | 10.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 82 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 83 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 56 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 31.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.9°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 41.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 6.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 79 | 8.4 | 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
- Erbil in AprilIraq · 32 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AprilIraq · 33 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AprilIraq · 43 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in AprilIraq · 51 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 43 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AprilIraq · 54 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Sīnah in AprilIraq · 82 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Soran in AprilIraq · 89 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Dihok in AprilIraq · 89 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 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 Xebat) is explained once on the Xebat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.