Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Iraq.

ClimaNote covers 59 cities in Iraq, starting with Baghdad, Al Mawşil al Jadīdah and Erbil. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 22.0°C in Soran to 33.6°C in Al Madīnah (tied with Basrah, Abū al-Kahṣīb and Al Qurnah), and yearly rainfall from 91 mm in Najaf to 954 mm in Soran. The hottest city-month is August in Al Madīnah, with an average high of 46.9°C (tied with August in Al Qurnah), and the coolest is January in Soran, at 7.5°C. By single month, the most rain falls in March in Soran, with 169 mm.

August is the warmest month in 29 cities and July in 21 (in 9 other cities two or more months tie); January is the coolest in every city. January is the wettest month in 46 cities, February in 3, March in 2, November in 2 and December in 1 (in 5 other cities two or more months tie); August is the driest in 14 cities and July in 12 (in 33 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 58 have a month with under 1 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.

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59 cities

Cities in Iraq

Yearly averages

Baghdad

Yearly climate averages for cities in Baghdad
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Baghdad	31°C	19°C	150
Sadr City	31°C	18°C	171
Abū Ghurayb	31°C	19°C	136
Al Maḩmūdīyah	32°C	19°C	126

Basra

Yearly climate averages for cities in Basra
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Basrah	34°C	20°C	161
Abū al-Kahṣīb	34°C	20°C	172
Al Madīnah	34°C	20°C	158
Al Qurnah	34°C	20°C	168
Az Zubayr	34°C	20°C	161
Umm Qaşr	33°C	20°C	147
Al Fāw	30°C	22°C	172

Nineveh

Yearly climate averages for cities in Nineveh
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah	27°C	15°C	386
'Ākra	24°C	11°C	834

Erbil

Yearly climate averages for cities in Erbil
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Erbil	26°C	13°C	552
Xebat	27°C	13°C	492
Khasnahzān	25°C	11°C	716
Baḥarkah	26°C	13°C	552
Soran	22°C	10°C	954

Sulaymaniyah

Yearly climate averages for cities in Sulaymaniyah
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Sulaymaniyah	24°C	10°C	734
Kelar	29°C	16°C	499
Qeładizê	24°C	11°C	905
Rānyah	24°C	11°C	841
Hajiawa	24°C	11°C	896

Karbala

Yearly climate averages for cities in Karbala
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Karbala	31°C	18°C	101
Al Hindīyah	31°C	19°C	108

Kirkuk

Yearly climate averages for cities in Kirkuk
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Kirkuk	28°C	15°C	482

Duhok

Yearly climate averages for cities in Duhok
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Dihok	24°C	11°C	502
Sumayl	25°C	11°C	477
Simele	24°C	11°C	477
Sīnah	24°C	11°C	502
Zaxo	24°C	11°C	659

Babil

Yearly climate averages for cities in Babil
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Al Hillah	32°C	19°C	112
Abu Gharaq	32°C	19°C	108
Al-Musayab	32°C	19°C	111
Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah	32°C	18°C	126
Al-Qāsim	32°C	19°C	111

Dhi Qar

Yearly climate averages for cities in Dhi Qar
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Nasiriyah	33°C	20°C	116
Ash Shaţrah	33°C	20°C	130
Qal‘at Sukkar	33°C	20°C	132

Salah ad Din

Yearly climate averages for cities in Salah ad Din
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Bayjī	29°C	17°C	213
Ash Sharqāt	28°C	16°C	232
Sāmarrā’	30°C	17°C	183
Ţūz Khūrmātū	29°C	17°C	392

Najaf

Yearly climate averages for cities in Najaf
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Najaf	31°C	18°C	91
Kufa	32°C	19°C	97

Wasit

Yearly climate averages for cities in Wasit
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Al-Kut	32°C	20°C	172
An Nu‘mānīyah	32°C	19°C	158
Al Ḩayy	33°C	20°C	172
Aş Şuwayrah	32°C	19°C	153

Diyala

Yearly climate averages for cities in Diyala
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Khānaqīn	30°C	16°C	411
Al Miqdādīyah	31°C	18°C	277
Baqubah	31°C	19°C	189
Khāliş	31°C	19°C	189

Anbar

Yearly climate averages for cities in Anbar
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Ramadi	30°C	18°C	115
Al Fallūjah	31°C	18°C	113
Al Qā’im	28°C	16°C	120

Maysan

Yearly climate averages for cities in Maysan
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Al ‘Amārah	33°C	20°C	207

Al-Qadisiyah

Yearly climate averages for cities in Al-Qadisiyah
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Al Diwaniyah	33°C	19°C	105

Muthanna

Yearly climate averages for cities in Muthanna
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
As Samawah	33°C	19°C	92

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.