Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghdad weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Baghdad: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 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 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sadr City (8 km away). In January its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as Baghdad, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Baghdad ranks joint 27th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Baghdad is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 21 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
Baghdad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sadr City in JanuaryIraq · 8 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in JanuaryIraq · 20 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in JanuaryIraq · 31 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Baqubah in JanuaryIraq · 50 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in JanuaryIraq · 51 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Khāliş in JanuaryIraq · 53 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in JanuaryIraq · 57 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in JanuaryIraq · 58 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 28 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.