Climate averages 1991–2020
Basrah weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Basrah: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abū al-Kahṣīb (12 km away). In October its highs average 36.3°C, about as warm as Basrah, with 6.8 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Basrah ranks joint 1st of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 20th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Basrah is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.7 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in OctoberIraq · 12 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in OctoberIraq · 15 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in OctoberIran · 39 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Abadan in OctoberIran · 54 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in OctoberIraq · 54 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in OctoberIraq · 65 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in OctoberIraq · 70 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Al Fāw in OctoberIraq · 89 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 3.6 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.