Climate averages 1991–2020

As Samawah weather
in June.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 43.6°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 29.0°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a very hot month in As Samawah: daytime highs average 43.6°C and nights cool to about 29.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Diwaniyah (81 km away). In June its highs average 43.4°C, about as warm as As Samawah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, As Samawah ranks 12th of 59 for the warmest June highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 59 cities is 40.6°C; As Samawah is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 45.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June 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. 05101520253035404550 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

As Samawah climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for As Samawah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.4°C6.3°C6.3°C223.610.410 h
February 20.5°C8.1°C8.1°C112.411.111 h
March 26.3°C12.9°C12.9°C112.212.012 h
April 32.7°C18.8°C18.8°C9.42.012.913 h
May 39.2°C24.9°C24.9°C3.50.613.714 h
June, selected 43.6°C29.0°C29.0°C00.014.114 h
July 45.6°C31.0°C31.0°C00.014.014 h
August 45.8°C30.7°C30.7°C00.013.313 h
September 42.1°C26.9°C26.9°C0.20.012.412 h
October 35.4°C21.3°C21.3°C3.30.611.411 h
November 25.0°C13.2°C13.2°C162.810.611 h
December 18.9°C7.8°C7.8°C163.310.210 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from As Samawah

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 As Samawah) is explained once on the As Samawah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.