Climate averages 1991–2020
Al ‘Amārah weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al ‘Amārah: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qurnah (95 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Al ‘Amārah, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al ‘Amārah ranks joint 11th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 35th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Al ‘Amārah is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 25 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
Al ‘Amārah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 25 | 4.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 27 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 20 | 3.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 5.9 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 44.5°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.5°C32.4°C | 32.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.6°C31.9°C | 31.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.7°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 11 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 38 | 3.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 40 | 5.3 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Qurnah in JanuaryIraq · 95 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in JanuaryIraq · 98 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in JanuaryIraq · 101 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in JanuaryIraq · 104 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in JanuaryIraq · 110 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Shūsh in JanuaryIran · 111 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in JanuaryIraq · 121 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Dezful in JanuaryIran · 133 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 133 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 Al ‘Amārah) is explained once on the Al ‘Amārah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.