Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 42.9°C and nights cool to about 28.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In July its highs average 43.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 40th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Ash Sharqāt is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 42.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bayjī in JulyIraq · 70 kmHigh 43.6°C · Low 29.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in JulyIraq · 91 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Xebat in JulyIraq · 94 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Erbil in JulyIraq · 103 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 25.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kirkuk in JulyIraq · 106 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 27.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in JulyIraq · 112 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in JulyIraq · 115 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sīnah in JulyIraq · 145 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 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.