Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Gharaq weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Abu Gharaq: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hillah (10 km away). In October its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Abu Gharaq, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Abu Gharaq ranks 20th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 8th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Abu Gharaq is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.5°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Hillah in OctoberIraq · 10 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in OctoberIraq · 11 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in OctoberIraq · 28 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Karbala in OctoberIraq · 31 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in OctoberIraq · 40 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in OctoberIraq · 41 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kufa in OctoberIraq · 54 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Najaf in OctoberIraq · 56 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 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.