Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghdad weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Baghdad: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sadr City (8 km away). In December its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Baghdad, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Baghdad ranks joint 26th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Baghdad is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Baghdad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 19.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 22 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 14 | 2.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.4°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 44.8°C31.2°C | 31.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.9°C30.8°C | 30.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 41.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 9.3 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 26 | 3.4 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 17.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.010 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
December in nearby cities
- Sadr City in DecemberIraq · 8 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in DecemberIraq · 20 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in DecemberIraq · 31 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Baqubah in DecemberIraq · 50 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in DecemberIraq · 51 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Khāliş in DecemberIraq · 53 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in DecemberIraq · 57 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in DecemberIraq · 58 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 23 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 Baghdad) is explained once on the Baghdad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.