Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Gharaq weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Abu Gharaq: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hillah (10 km away). In December its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Abu Gharaq, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Abu Gharaq ranks joint 22nd of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Abu Gharaq is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Al Hillah in DecemberIraq · 10 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in DecemberIraq · 11 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in DecemberIraq · 28 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Karbala in DecemberIraq · 31 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in DecemberIraq · 40 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in DecemberIraq · 41 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Kufa in DecemberIraq · 54 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Najaf in DecemberIraq · 56 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 15 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.