Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shaţrah 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 Shaţrah: daytime highs average 42.6°C and nights cool to about 27.6°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 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasiriyah (40 km away). In September its highs average 42.6°C, about as warm as Ash Shaţrah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Shaţrah ranks joint 8th of 59 for the warmest September highs and joint 4th of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 39.2°C; Ash Shaţrah is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 35.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.1 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 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Nasiriyah in SeptemberIraq · 40 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 27.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in SeptemberIraq · 51 kmHigh 42.3°C · Low 27.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- As Samawah in SeptemberIraq · 84 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in SeptemberIraq · 86 kmHigh 42.2°C · Low 27.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in SeptemberIraq · 104 kmHigh 42.7°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in SeptemberIraq · 116 kmHigh 43.1°C · Low 28.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al-Kut in SeptemberIraq · 127 kmHigh 41.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in SeptemberIraq · 128 kmHigh 43.1°C · Low 27.9°C · 0.3 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.