Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shaţrah 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 Shaţrah: daytime highs average 39.6°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasiriyah (40 km away). In May its highs average 39.8°C, about as warm as Ash Shaţrah, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Shaţrah ranks joint 8th of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Ash Shaţrah is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 44.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.6 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 Shaţrah climate table
| 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, selected | 39.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 3.6 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 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
May in nearby cities
- Nasiriyah in MayIraq · 40 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in MayIraq · 51 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.1°C · 4.3 mm rain
- As Samawah in MayIraq · 84 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in MayIraq · 86 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in MayIraq · 104 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in MayIraq · 116 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Al-Kut in MayIraq · 127 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in MayIraq · 128 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 5.1 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 Shaţrah) is explained once on the Ash Shaţrah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.