Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Fāw weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Al Fāw: daytime highs average 41.4°C and nights cool to about 32.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abadan (44 km away). In July its highs average 46.3°C, 5.0°C warmer than Al Fāw, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Fāw ranks 45th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Al Fāw is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 41.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Abadan in JulyIran · 44 kmHigh 46.3°C · Low 32.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in JulyIraq · 54 kmHigh 46.3°C · Low 31.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in JulyIran · 59 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 32.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in JulyIraq · 77 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 32.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in JulyIran · 79 kmHigh 41.6°C · Low 31.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kuwait City in JulyKuwait · 83 kmHigh 43.3°C · Low 31.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ḩawallī in JulyKuwait · 83 kmHigh 43.2°C · Low 31.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in JulyIraq · 88 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 32.0°C · 0.2 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.