Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Miqdādīyah weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Miqdādīyah: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baqubah (40 km away). In January its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Al Miqdādīyah, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Miqdādīyah ranks joint 33rd of 59 for the warmest January highs and 39th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Al Miqdādīyah is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 40 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 Miqdādīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 15.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 51 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 40 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 43 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 25 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 6.5 | 1.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.1°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.8°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 44.8°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 50 | 6.3 | 9.910 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
- Baqubah in JanuaryIraq · 40 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Khāliş in JanuaryIraq · 42 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in JanuaryIraq · 59 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Sadr City in JanuaryIraq · 79 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kelar in JanuaryIraq · 80 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Baghdad in JanuaryIraq · 87 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in JanuaryIraq · 100 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in JanuaryIraq · 102 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°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 Miqdādīyah) is explained once on the Al Miqdādīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.