Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Fāw weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Al Fāw: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 29.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abadan (44 km away). In September its highs average 42.5°C, 4.4°C warmer than Al Fāw, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Fāw ranks 40th of 59 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 39.2°C; Al Fāw is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.6 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Abadan in SeptemberIran · 44 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in SeptemberIraq · 54 kmHigh 42.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in SeptemberIran · 59 kmHigh 42.8°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in SeptemberIraq · 77 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in SeptemberIran · 79 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 28.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kuwait City in SeptemberKuwait · 83 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 28.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ḩawallī in SeptemberKuwait · 83 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 28.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in SeptemberIraq · 88 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 27.4°C · 0.4 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.