Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩayy weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Ḩayy: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qal‘at Sukkar (35 km away). In January its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Al Ḩayy, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Ḩayy ranks joint 13th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 23rd of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Al Ḩayy is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 22 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 Ḩayy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 32 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 23 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 18 | 3.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 7.3 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.9°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.0°C32.2°C | 32.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.1°C31.9°C | 31.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 31 | 4.8 | 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
- Qal‘at Sukkar in JanuaryIraq · 35 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Al-Kut in JanuaryIraq · 43 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in JanuaryIraq · 73 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in JanuaryIraq · 86 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 107 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in JanuaryIraq · 110 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 39 mm rain
- As Samawah in JanuaryIraq · 117 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in JanuaryIraq · 126 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 25 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 Ḩayy) is explained once on the Al Ḩayy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.