Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Fāw 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 Fāw: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abadan (44 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Al Fāw, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Fāw ranks 15th 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 Fāw is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 16 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 Fāw climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 2.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 40.3°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 41.4°C32.4°C | 32.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 41.0°C32.3°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 38.1°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 48 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 37 | 4.7 | 10.310 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
- Abadan in JanuaryIran · 44 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in JanuaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in JanuaryIran · 59 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in JanuaryIraq · 77 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in JanuaryIran · 79 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Kuwait City in JanuaryKuwait · 83 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Ḩawallī in JanuaryKuwait · 83 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in JanuaryIraq · 88 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 33 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 Fāw) is explained once on the Al Fāw year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.