Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in October.
A hot, very 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 Qā’im: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks 43rd of 59 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Al Qā’im is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.5°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.0 mm to 16 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 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Deir ez-Zor in OctoberSyria · 130 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in OctoberSyria · 236 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Bayjī in OctoberIraq · 236 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in OctoberIraq · 239 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ramadi in OctoberIraq · 240 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Rukban in OctoberJordan · 243 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in OctoberSyria · 250 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in OctoberIraq · 267 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 11 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.