Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In January its highs average 13.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 42nd of 59 for the warmest January highs and 38th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bayjī in JanuaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in JanuaryIraq · 91 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Xebat in JanuaryIraq · 94 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Erbil in JanuaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Kirkuk in JanuaryIraq · 106 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in JanuaryIraq · 112 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in JanuaryIraq · 115 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Sīnah in JanuaryIraq · 145 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 91 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.