Climate averages 1991–2020
Karbala weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Karbala: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hindīyah (20 km away). In November its highs average 24.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Karbala, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Karbala ranks 33rd of 59 for the warmest November highs and joint 7th of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Karbala is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Al Hindīyah in NovemberIraq · 20 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in NovemberIraq · 31 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in NovemberIraq · 31 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Hillah in NovemberIraq · 41 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in NovemberIraq · 43 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in NovemberIraq · 59 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in NovemberIraq · 71 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Najaf in NovemberIraq · 72 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 16 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.