Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Qā’im weather
in November.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.7°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 10.3°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 16 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al Qā’im · average highYear overview

November is a mild month in Al Qā’im: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In November its highs average 19.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 19 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks joint 42nd of 59 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Al Qā’im is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 19 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Qā’im, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.5°C4.3°C4.3°C255.410.110 h
February 16.3°C5.7°C5.7°C183.910.911 h
March 21.6°C9.6°C9.6°C183.611.912 h
April 27.7°C14.7°C14.7°C112.013.013 h
May 33.5°C20.1°C20.1°C4.51.113.914 h
June 38.1°C24.5°C24.5°C0.10.014.414 h
July 40.9°C26.9°C26.9°C00.014.214 h
August 40.6°C26.8°C26.8°C0.10.013.413 h
September 36.5°C23.3°C23.3°C0.20.012.412 h
October 30.2°C18.1°C18.1°C9.01.411.311 h
November, selected 20.7°C10.3°C10.3°C163.210.410 h
December 14.9°C5.8°C5.8°C193.99.910 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Al Qā’im

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 limits

How 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.