Sinjār weather in April

In April, Sinjār sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 32 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Sinjār's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sinjār's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:45 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Sinjār is Yazidi town in northern Iraq.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical April day in Sinjār reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°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)	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

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

How April really feels in Sinjār

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.

Sinjār weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-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° / 4°	52	8.7	0.5	9.8	3.0
Feb	13° / 5°	44	8.2	0.4	10.6	4.0
Mar	18° / 9°	48	7.5	0	11.7	6.4
Apr	24° / 14°	32	5.7	0	12.9	7.7
May	31° / 19°	16	3.5	0	13.9	5.3
Jun	38° / 24°	1	0.4	0	14.4	1.7
Jul	41° / 27°	0	0.1	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	40° / 27°	0	0.1	0	13.4	0.1
Sep	36° / 23°	1	0.2	0	12.2	2.8
Oct	29° / 18°	17	2.9	0	11.1	6.8
Nov	20° / 10°	34	5.5	0	10.1	7.1
Dec	13° / 6°	48	7.3	0.3	9.6	4.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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 (%)	66	66	67	68	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	34	34	33	32	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Sinjār gets around 32 mm of rain over 5.7 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 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17

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

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 96% 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	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	93
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7

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

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 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 6:07 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:53 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)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:07	6:28
2	12.4	6:05	6:28
3	12.4	6:04	6:29
4	12.5	6:02	6:30
5	12.5	6:01	6:31
6	12.5	5:59	6:32
7	12.6	5:58	6:33
8	12.6	5:56	6:34
9	12.7	5:55	6:34
10	12.7	5:54	6:35
11	12.7	5:52	6:36
12	12.8	5:51	6:37
13	12.8	5:49	6:38
14	12.8	5:48	6:39
15	12.9	5:46	6:40
16	12.9	5:45	6:40
17	13.0	5:44	6:41
18	13.0	5:42	6:42
19	13.0	5:41	6:43
20	13.1	5:40	6:44
21	13.1	5:38	6:45
22	13.1	5:37	6:46
23	13.2	5:36	6:47
24	13.2	5:34	6:47
25	13.3	5:33	6:48
26	13.3	5:32	6:49
27	13.3	5:31	6:50
28	13.4	5:29	6:51
29	13.4	5:28	6:52
30	13.4	5:27	6:53

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.4 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)	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Sinjār

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Sinjār?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Sinjār for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sinjār in April

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

In April, Sinjār sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Sinjār 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 Sinjār peaks around June 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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	7	11	6	9	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	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	7	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	6	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Sinjār 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 Sinjār is worst in June — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 27 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	32	39	39	42	45	45	42	37	33	27	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sinjār?

Sinjār sits at 36.3°N, 41.9°E, 517 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Mālikīyah, 98 km away.

Topography around Sinjār

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sinjār has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m around an average of 530 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,102 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,254 m.

The land around Sinjār is covered by grassland (36%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

282 m

grassland 36%

16 km

1,102 m

cropland 48%

80 km

1,254 m

cropland 76%

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

April weather nearby: Al Mālikīyah 98 km · Al Qāmishlī 100 km · Nusaybin 102 km · Al Ḩasakah 103 km · Sumayl 105 km · Simele 105 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 110 km · Mosul 111 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 Sinjār (36.3209°, 41.8766°, elevation 517 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	21	11
2	21	11
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	23	12
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	26	15
23	26	15
24	26	15
25	26	15
26	26	15
27	27	15
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	70	30
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

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

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