Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelar weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Kelar: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khānaqīn (32 km away). In January its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Kelar, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kelar ranks 38th of 59 for the warmest January highs and 49th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Kelar is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Kelar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 99 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 5.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 39.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 26 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 8.1 | 9.910 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
January in nearby cities
- Khānaqīn in JanuaryIraq · 32 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in JanuaryIraq · 69 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in JanuaryIraq · 80 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 105 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Khāliş in JanuaryIraq · 116 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Baqubah in JanuaryIraq · 117 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in JanuaryIran · 125 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Kirkuk in JanuaryIraq · 126 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 88 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 Kelar) is explained once on the Kelar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.