Climate averages 1991–2020
Karbala weather
in October.
A hot, very 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 Karbala: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hindīyah (20 km away). In October its highs average 34.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Karbala, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Karbala ranks 32nd of 59 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Karbala is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.3°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.3 mm to 19 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Hindīyah in OctoberIraq · 20 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in OctoberIraq · 31 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in OctoberIraq · 31 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Al Hillah in OctoberIraq · 41 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in OctoberIraq · 43 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in OctoberIraq · 59 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in OctoberIraq · 71 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Najaf in OctoberIraq · 72 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 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.