Climate averages 1991–2020
As Samawah weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in As Samawah: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Diwaniyah (81 km away). In October its highs average 35.3°C, about as warm as As Samawah, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, As Samawah ranks 12th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; As Samawah is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.4°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 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
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, selected | 35.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Diwaniyah in OctoberIraq · 81 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in OctoberIraq · 84 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in OctoberIraq · 94 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in OctoberIraq · 97 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Kufa in OctoberIraq · 114 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in OctoberIraq · 117 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Najaf in OctoberIraq · 118 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in OctoberIraq · 122 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.7 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.