Climate averages 1991–2020
Aş Şuwayrah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Aş Şuwayrah: daytime highs average 45.5°C and nights cool to about 31.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah (40 km away). In August its highs average 44.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Aş Şuwayrah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Aş Şuwayrah ranks joint 16th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Aş Şuwayrah is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 41.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Aş Şuwayrah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 28 | 4.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 19.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.1°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 45.4°C31.3°C | 31.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 45.5°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 41.6°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 10 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 29 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| December | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.010 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
August in nearby cities
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in AugustIraq · 40 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 29.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in AugustIraq · 41 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 31.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AugustIraq · 48 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 30.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Baghdad in AugustIraq · 58 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sadr City in AugustIraq · 59 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in AugustIraq · 60 kmHigh 44.6°C · Low 30.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hillah in AugustIraq · 61 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in AugustIraq · 67 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 30.2°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 Aş Şuwayrah) is explained once on the Aş Şuwayrah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.