Climate averages 1991–2020

Ash Shaţrah weather
in June.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 44.2°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 29.9°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a very hot month in Ash Shaţrah: daytime highs average 44.2°C and nights cool to about 29.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasiriyah (40 km away). In June its highs average 44.3°C, about as warm as Ash Shaţrah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Shaţrah ranks 9th of 59 for the warmest June highs and joint 15th of 59 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 59 cities is 40.6°C; Ash Shaţrah is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 46.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ash Shaţrah climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ash Shaţrah, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	17.7°C6.9°C	6.9°C	26	4.2	10.410 h
February	20.8°C8.6°C	8.6°C	16	2.8	11.111 h
March	26.5°C13.1°C	13.1°C	17	2.7	12.012 h
April	33.0°C19.1°C	19.1°C	14	2.6	12.913 h
May	39.6°C25.3°C	25.3°C	3.6	0.6	13.714 h
June, selected	44.2°C29.9°C	29.9°C	0.1	0.0	14.214 h
July	46.2°C32.1°C	32.1°C	0	0.0	14.014 h
August	46.3°C31.8°C	31.8°C	0	0.0	13.313 h
September	42.6°C27.6°C	27.6°C	0.2	0.1	12.412 h
October	35.9°C21.8°C	21.8°C	5.1	0.9	11.411 h
November	25.4°C13.8°C	13.8°C	25	3.2	10.611 h
December	19.3°C8.5°C	8.5°C	23	4.0	10.110 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Ash Shaţrah

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ash Shaţrah) is explained once on the Ash Shaţrah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.