Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in October.
A hot, fairly 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 hot month in Erbil: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Erbil, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 46th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 48th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Erbil is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.7°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 64 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Khasnahzān in OctoberIraq · 12 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in OctoberIraq · 14 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Xebat in OctoberIraq · 32 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 23 mm rain
- 'Ākra in OctoberIraq · 61 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Soran in OctoberIraq · 70 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Hajiawa in OctoberIraq · 71 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Rānyah in OctoberIraq · 79 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in OctoberIraq · 83 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 20 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.