Sīnah weather in April

In April, Sīnah sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 57 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sīnah's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sīnah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:40 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

← March Sīnah year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sīnah reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	22	10
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13

How April really feels in Sīnah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Sīnah weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 2°	91	10	1.5	9.8	2.7
Feb	13° / 3°	80	9.9	1.5	10.6	3.5
Mar	17° / 7°	87	10	0.2	11.7	5.6
Apr	23° / 11°	57	8.5	0	12.9	7.2
May	30° / 16°	24	4.4	0	13.9	6.2
Jun	37° / 21°	1	0.4	0	14.5	2.3
Jul	40° / 25°	1	0.2	0	14.3	0.1
Aug	40° / 24°	0	0.1	0	13.4	0.3
Sep	35° / 20°	1	0.3	0	12.2	3.4
Oct	28° / 15°	22	3.2	0	11	7.1
Nov	19° / 9°	55	6.3	0	10	6.8
Dec	13° / 4°	83	8.8	0.7	9.5	3.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	60	61	61	63	63	64	64	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68
Cloudier (%)	40	39	39	37	37	36	36	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Sīnah gets around 57 mm of rain over 8.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	90	90	89
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11

Wind in April

Winds average 8 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:02	6:23
2	12.4	6:00	6:24
3	12.4	5:59	6:25
4	12.5	5:57	6:26
5	12.5	5:56	6:27
6	12.6	5:54	6:27
7	12.6	5:53	6:28
8	12.6	5:51	6:29
9	12.7	5:50	6:30
10	12.7	5:48	6:31
11	12.7	5:47	6:32
12	12.8	5:46	6:33
13	12.8	5:44	6:34
14	12.9	5:43	6:35
15	12.9	5:41	6:35
16	12.9	5:40	6:36
17	13.0	5:38	6:37
18	13.0	5:37	6:38
19	13.1	5:36	6:39
20	13.1	5:34	6:40
21	13.1	5:33	6:41
22	13.2	5:32	6:42
23	13.2	5:30	6:43
24	13.2	5:29	6:43
25	13.3	5:28	6:44
26	13.3	5:26	6:45
27	13.3	5:25	6:46
28	13.4	5:24	6:47
29	13.4	5:23	6:48
30	13.5	5:22	6:49

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Sīnah

In seasonPeak

In April, Sīnah sits inside its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sīnah's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Sīnah sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Sīnah?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Sīnah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Sīnah in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Sīnah sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sīnah in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sīnah peaks around June 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	10	9	10	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Sīnah in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Sīnah is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	34	40	39	38	35	31	30	30	31	27	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sīnah?

Sīnah sits at 36.8°N, 43.0°E, 604 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Dihok, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Sīnah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sīnah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sīnah has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m around an average of 663 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,026 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,121 m.

The land around Sīnah is covered by grassland (57%) and cropland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and cropland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

536 m

grassland 57%

16 km

1,026 m

grassland 54%

80 km

3,121 m

grassland 44%

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← March Sīnah year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Dihok 8.0 km · Simele 18 km · Sumayl 18 km · Tallkayf 36 km · Batifa 41 km · Zaxo 49 km · Mosul 53 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 53 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,410; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 60%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9.5; per 100k, 2013
Road deaths: 27.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 406
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sīnah (36.8085°, 43.0393°, elevation 604 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	22	10
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	22	10
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	22	10
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	66	34
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33
29	68	32
30	68	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	27
21	27
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	24
29	24
30	23

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	89	11