Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shaţrah weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Ash Shaţrah: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasiriyah (40 km away). In November its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Ash Shaţrah, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Shaţrah ranks 8th of 59 for the warmest November highs and joint 18th of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Ash Shaţrah is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Nasiriyah in NovemberIraq · 40 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in NovemberIraq · 51 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 25 mm rain
- As Samawah in NovemberIraq · 84 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in NovemberIraq · 86 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in NovemberIraq · 104 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in NovemberIraq · 116 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Al-Kut in NovemberIraq · 127 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in NovemberIraq · 128 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 32 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.