Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Gharaq weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Abu Gharaq: daytime highs average 44.6°C and nights cool to about 30.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hillah (10 km away). In August its highs average 44.9°C, about as warm as Abu Gharaq, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Abu Gharaq ranks 28th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Abu Gharaq is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 41.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Abu Gharaq climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 21 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 42.2°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 44.3°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 44.6°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 19 | 2.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 18 | 3.4 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Al Hillah in AugustIraq · 10 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in AugustIraq · 11 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 30.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AugustIraq · 28 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 30.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Karbala in AugustIraq · 31 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 29.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in AugustIraq · 40 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 29.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in AugustIraq · 41 kmHigh 45.5°C · Low 30.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Kufa in AugustIraq · 54 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Najaf in AugustIraq · 56 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.1 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 Abu Gharaq) is explained once on the Abu Gharaq year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Hindīyah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.