Climate averages 1991–2020
As Samawah weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in As Samawah: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 13.2°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 joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Diwaniyah (81 km away). In November its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as As Samawah, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, As Samawah ranks joint 11th 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; As Samawah is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 16 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
As Samawah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 11 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.4 | 2.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 43.6°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 45.6°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 45.8°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November, selected | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 16 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 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
November in nearby cities
- Al Diwaniyah in NovemberIraq · 81 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in NovemberIraq · 84 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in NovemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in NovemberIraq · 97 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Kufa in NovemberIraq · 114 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in NovemberIraq · 117 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Najaf in NovemberIraq · 118 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in NovemberIraq · 122 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 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 As Samawah) is explained once on the As Samawah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.