Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Erbil: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In September its highs average 34.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Erbil, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 46th of 59 for the warmest September highs and joint 44th of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 39.2°C; Erbil is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Khasnahzān in SeptemberIraq · 12 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in SeptemberIraq · 14 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Xebat in SeptemberIraq · 32 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- 'Ākra in SeptemberIraq · 61 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Soran in SeptemberIraq · 70 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Hajiawa in SeptemberIraq · 71 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Rānyah in SeptemberIraq · 79 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in SeptemberIraq · 83 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 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 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.