Climate averages 1991–2020

Baghdad 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.

Average high 24.0°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 13.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 26 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Baghdad · average highYear overview

November is a warm month in Baghdad: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 26 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 28 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sadr City (8 km away). In November its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Baghdad, with 28 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Baghdad ranks joint 23rd of 59 for the warmest November highs and 21st of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Baghdad is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035404550 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Baghdad, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.2°C6.2°C6.2°C284.910.210 h
February 19.0°C7.6°C7.6°C213.811.011 h
March 24.6°C11.9°C11.9°C223.612.012 h
April 31.1°C17.6°C17.6°C142.713.013 h
May 37.6°C23.7°C23.7°C4.81.013.914 h
June 42.4°C28.7°C28.7°C0.10.014.314 h
July 44.8°C31.2°C31.2°C00.014.114 h
August 44.9°C30.8°C30.8°C0.10.013.413 h
September 41.0°C26.7°C26.7°C0.40.212.412 h
October 34.4°C21.2°C21.2°C9.31.611.411 h
November, selected 24.0°C13.0°C13.0°C263.410.510 h
December 17.9°C8.0°C8.0°C243.910.010 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Baghdad

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 limits

How 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.