Climate averages 1991–2020
Basrah weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Basrah: daytime highs average 46.7°C and nights cool to about 32.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abū al-Kahṣīb (12 km away). In July its highs average 46.6°C, about as warm as Basrah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Basrah ranks 3rd of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 40th of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Basrah is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 46.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in JulyIraq · 12 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 32.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in JulyIraq · 15 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 32.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in JulyIran · 39 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 32.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Abadan in JulyIran · 54 kmHigh 46.3°C · Low 32.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in JulyIraq · 54 kmHigh 46.3°C · Low 31.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in JulyIraq · 65 kmHigh 46.8°C · Low 32.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in JulyIraq · 70 kmHigh 46.8°C · Low 32.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Fāw in JulyIraq · 89 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 32.4°C · 0 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.