Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Fallūjah weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al Fallūjah: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abū Ghurayb (37 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Al Fallūjah, with 4.7 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Fallūjah ranks 33rd of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Al Fallūjah is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 41.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.9 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 Fallūjah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 21 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 23.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 36.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 43.7°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 43.7°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.8°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 18 | 2.9 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 20 | 3.6 | 10.010 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
May in nearby cities
- Abū Ghurayb in MayIraq · 37 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ramadi in MayIraq · 45 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Baghdad in MayIraq · 57 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Sadr City in MayIraq · 63 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in MayIraq · 63 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in MayIraq · 73 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MayIraq · 79 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Karbala in MayIraq · 85 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.7 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 Fallūjah) is explained once on the Al Fallūjah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.