Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Miqdādīyah weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Al Miqdādīyah: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baqubah (40 km away). In October its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Al Miqdādīyah, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Miqdādīyah ranks 31st of 59 for the warmest October highs and 39th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Al Miqdādīyah is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.5°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Baqubah in OctoberIraq · 40 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Khāliş in OctoberIraq · 42 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in OctoberIraq · 59 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Sadr City in OctoberIraq · 79 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Kelar in OctoberIraq · 80 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Baghdad in OctoberIraq · 87 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in OctoberIraq · 100 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in OctoberIraq · 102 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.9 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.