Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In May its highs average 35.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 41st of 59 for the warmest May highs and 39th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 39.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.7 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bayjī in MayIraq · 70 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in MayIraq · 91 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Xebat in MayIraq · 94 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Erbil in MayIraq · 103 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MayIraq · 106 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MayIraq · 112 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 115 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sīnah in MayIraq · 145 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 24 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.