Climate averages 1991–2020
'Ākra weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in 'Ākra: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baḥarkah (49 km away). In January its highs average 11.2°C, 2.3°C warmer than 'Ākra, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, 'Ākra ranks 56th of 59 for the warmest January highs and 55th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; 'Ākra is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 137 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
'Ākra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 146 | 11.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 137 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 143 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 101 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 38 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 37 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 92 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 134 | 9.6 | 9.710 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
January in nearby cities
- Baḥarkah in JanuaryIraq · 49 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Xebat in JanuaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Soran in JanuaryIraq · 60 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Erbil in JanuaryIraq · 61 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in JanuaryIraq · 64 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Sīnah in JanuaryIraq · 75 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Dihok in JanuaryIraq · 81 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in JanuaryIraq · 82 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 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 'Ākra) is explained once on the 'Ākra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.