Climate averages 1991–2020
Karbala weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Karbala: daytime highs average 43.7°C and nights cool to about 29.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hindīyah (20 km away). In August its highs average 44.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Karbala, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Karbala ranks joint 33rd of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Karbala is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 39.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Karbala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 11 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 41.3°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 43.5°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 43.7°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 19 | 2.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 3.1 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Al Hindīyah in AugustIraq · 20 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 30.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in AugustIraq · 31 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 30.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in AugustIraq · 31 kmHigh 44.6°C · Low 30.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hillah in AugustIraq · 41 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in AugustIraq · 43 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 29.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in AugustIraq · 59 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 31.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in AugustIraq · 71 kmHigh 45.5°C · Low 30.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Najaf in AugustIraq · 72 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.1 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 Karbala) is explained once on the Karbala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.