Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry 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 mild month in Al Qā’im: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In February its highs average 15.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks joint 38th of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Al Qā’im is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 18 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 Qā’im climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 40.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 40.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 19 | 3.9 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Deir ez-Zor in FebruarySyria · 130 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in FebruarySyria · 236 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Bayjī in FebruaryIraq · 236 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in FebruaryIraq · 239 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Ramadi in FebruaryIraq · 240 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Rukban in FebruaryJordan · 243 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in FebruarySyria · 250 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in FebruaryIraq · 267 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 30 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 Qā’im) is explained once on the Al Qā’im year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.