Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In October its highs average 32.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 41st of 59 for the warmest October highs and 37th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.0°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bayjī in OctoberIraq · 70 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in OctoberIraq · 91 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Xebat in OctoberIraq · 94 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Erbil in OctoberIraq · 103 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Kirkuk in OctoberIraq · 106 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in OctoberIraq · 112 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in OctoberIraq · 115 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Sīnah in OctoberIraq · 145 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 22 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.