Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayjī weather
in January.
A cool, 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 cool month in Bayjī: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Sharqāt (70 km away). In January its highs average 13.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bayjī, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Bayjī ranks 39th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 35th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Bayjī is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 32 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
Bayjī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 22.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 35.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.6°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 9.910 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
- Ash Sharqāt in JanuaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in JanuaryIraq · 89 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Kirkuk in JanuaryIraq · 102 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in JanuaryIraq · 104 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Erbil in JanuaryIraq · 148 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Xebat in JanuaryIraq · 151 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in JanuaryIraq · 153 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Khāliş in JanuaryIraq · 157 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 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 Bayjī) is explained once on the Bayjī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.