Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In December its highs average 15.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks joint 42nd of 59 for the warmest December highs and 37th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Ash Sharqāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 38 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.9°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.6°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 39 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
December in nearby cities
- Bayjī in DecemberIraq · 70 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in DecemberIraq · 91 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Xebat in DecemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Erbil in DecemberIraq · 103 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Kirkuk in DecemberIraq · 106 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in DecemberIraq · 112 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in DecemberIraq · 115 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Sīnah in DecemberIraq · 145 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 83 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 Ash Sharqāt) is explained once on the Ash Sharqāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.