Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nu‘mānīyah weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in An Nu‘mānīyah: daytime highs average 45.7°C and nights cool to about 31.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Kut (38 km away). In July its highs average 45.8°C, about as warm as An Nu‘mānīyah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, An Nu‘mānīyah ranks 13th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; An Nu‘mānīyah is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 45.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
An Nu‘mānīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 30 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.5°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July, selected | 45.7°C31.4°C | 31.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.8°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.110 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
July in nearby cities
- Al-Kut in JulyIraq · 38 kmHigh 45.8°C · Low 31.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in JulyIraq · 72 kmHigh 45.4°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in JulyIraq · 73 kmHigh 46.0°C · Low 32.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in JulyIraq · 74 kmHigh 45.2°C · Low 31.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in JulyIraq · 78 kmHigh 45.4°C · Low 31.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hillah in JulyIraq · 94 kmHigh 44.6°C · Low 30.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in JulyIraq · 99 kmHigh 46.1°C · Low 32.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in JulyIraq · 100 kmHigh 44.3°C · Low 30.9°C · 0 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 An Nu‘mānīyah) is explained once on the An Nu‘mānīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.