Climate averages 1991–2020

Bayjī weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 43.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 29.6°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Bayjī: daytime highs average 43.6°C and nights cool to about 29.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 15 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Sharqāt (70 km away). In July its highs average 42.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bayjī, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Bayjī ranks 36th 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; Bayjī is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 43.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bayjī, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Bayjī

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 Bayjī) is explained once on the Bayjī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.