Climate averages 1991–2020
Basrah weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Basrah: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abū al-Kahṣīb (12 km away). In February its highs average 21.2°C, about as warm as Basrah, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Basrah ranks joint 1st of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Basrah is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Basrah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 33 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 21.2°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 18 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 24 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.1°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.7°C32.2°C | 32.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 46.8°C31.7°C | 31.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 43.0°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 6.7 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 32 | 3.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°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
February in nearby cities
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in FebruaryIraq · 12 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in FebruaryIraq · 15 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in FebruaryIran · 39 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Abadan in FebruaryIran · 54 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in FebruaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in FebruaryIraq · 65 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in FebruaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Fāw in FebruaryIraq · 89 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 16 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 Basrah) is explained once on the Basrah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Az Zubayr lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.