Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Al Qā’im: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 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 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks 41st of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Al Qā’im is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 18 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 Qā’im climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Deir ez-Zor in JanuarySyria · 130 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in JanuarySyria · 236 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Bayjī in JanuaryIraq · 236 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in JanuaryIraq · 239 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Ramadi in JanuaryIraq · 240 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Rukban in JanuaryJordan · 243 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in JanuarySyria · 250 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in JanuaryIraq · 267 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 35 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.