Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xebat (51 km away). In February its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Mawşil al Jadīdah ranks 44th of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 40th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Al Mawşil al Jadīdah is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 62 mm.
The annual picture
February 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 62 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 32.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 39.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 42.2°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 37.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 9.710 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
February in nearby cities
- Xebat in FebruaryIraq · 51 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Sīnah in FebruaryIraq · 53 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Dihok in FebruaryIraq · 60 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Simele in FebruaryIraq · 63 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Sumayl in FebruaryIraq · 63 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 75 mm rain
- 'Ākra in FebruaryIraq · 82 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Erbil in FebruaryIraq · 83 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in FebruaryIraq · 83 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 94 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah) is explained once on the Al Mawşil al Jadīdah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.