Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Hillah weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Hillah: daytime highs average 44.6°C and nights cool to about 30.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
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 14 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abu Gharaq (10 km away). In July its highs average 44.3°C, about as warm as Al Hillah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Hillah ranks joint 24th 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 Hillah is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 44.9°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 Hillah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 42.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July, selected | 44.6°C30.8°C | 30.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.9°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.2°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 5.0 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 19 | 3.3 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Abu Gharaq in JulyIraq · 10 kmHigh 44.3°C · Low 30.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in JulyIraq · 20 kmHigh 44.3°C · Low 30.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in JulyIraq · 31 kmHigh 45.2°C · Low 31.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in JulyIraq · 37 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 30.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Karbala in JulyIraq · 41 kmHigh 43.5°C · Low 29.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kufa in JulyIraq · 46 kmHigh 44.6°C · Low 30.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in JulyIraq · 48 kmHigh 44.6°C · Low 30.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Najaf in JulyIraq · 49 kmHigh 44.2°C · Low 29.2°C · 0 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 Hillah) is explained once on the Al Hillah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.