Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Erbil: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In February its highs average 11.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Erbil, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 46th of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 50th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Erbil is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 93 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
Erbil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 102 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 13.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 94 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 93 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 41.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 64 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 8.4 | 9.710 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
- Khasnahzān in FebruaryIraq · 12 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in FebruaryIraq · 14 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Xebat in FebruaryIraq · 32 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 82 mm rain
- 'Ākra in FebruaryIraq · 61 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 137 mm rain
- Soran in FebruaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Hajiawa in FebruaryIraq · 71 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Rānyah in FebruaryIraq · 79 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in FebruaryIraq · 83 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 62 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 Erbil) is explained once on the Erbil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baḥarkah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.