Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In February its highs average 16.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 42nd of 59 for the warmest February highs and 38th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bayjī in FebruaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in FebruaryIraq · 91 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Xebat in FebruaryIraq · 94 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Erbil in FebruaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kirkuk in FebruaryIraq · 106 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in FebruaryIraq · 112 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in FebruaryIraq · 115 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Sīnah in FebruaryIraq · 145 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 80 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.