Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zubayr weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Az Zubayr: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basrah (15 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Az Zubayr, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Az Zubayr ranks 5th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 26th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Az Zubayr is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Az Zubayr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 33 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 18 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 24 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 44.9°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.6°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 46.7°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 42.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 6.7 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 32 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.4 | 10.210 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
January in nearby cities
- Basrah in JanuaryIraq · 15 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in JanuaryIraq · 18 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in JanuaryIraq · 45 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in JanuaryIran · 47 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Abadan in JanuaryIran · 58 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in JanuaryIraq · 74 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in JanuaryIraq · 76 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Al Fāw in JanuaryIraq · 88 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 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 Az Zubayr) is explained once on the Az Zubayr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Basrah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.