Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In September its highs average 38.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 41st of 59 for the warmest September highs and joint 14th of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 39.2°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bayjī in SeptemberIraq · 70 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in SeptemberIraq · 91 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Xebat in SeptemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Erbil in SeptemberIraq · 103 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kirkuk in SeptemberIraq · 106 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in SeptemberIraq · 112 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in SeptemberIraq · 115 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Sīnah in SeptemberIraq · 145 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 0.8 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.