Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Kut weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al-Kut: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nu‘mānīyah (38 km away). In January its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Al-Kut, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al-Kut ranks joint 16th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 26th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Al-Kut is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 23 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-Kut climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 4.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 23 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 24 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 18 | 3.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 7.4 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.5°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 45.8°C31.7°C | 31.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.8°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.8°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 30 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 31 | 4.6 | 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
- An Nu‘mānīyah in JanuaryIraq · 38 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in JanuaryIraq · 43 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in JanuaryIraq · 76 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 102 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in JanuaryIraq · 108 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in JanuaryIraq · 109 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in JanuaryIraq · 127 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Hillah in JanuaryIraq · 131 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 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-Kut) is explained once on the Al-Kut year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.