Climate averages 1991–2020
Aş Şuwayrah 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.
June is a very hot month in Aş Şuwayrah: daytime highs average 43.1°C and nights cool to about 28.9°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 17 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah (40 km away). In June its highs average 42.3°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 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; Aş Şuwayrah is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 45.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in JuneIraq · 40 kmHigh 42.3°C · Low 27.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in JuneIraq · 41 kmHigh 42.4°C · Low 28.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in JuneIraq · 48 kmHigh 42.3°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Baghdad in JuneIraq · 58 kmHigh 42.4°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sadr City in JuneIraq · 59 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 28.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in JuneIraq · 60 kmHigh 42.2°C · Low 28.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hillah in JuneIraq · 61 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 28.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in JuneIraq · 67 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 28.3°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.