Climate averages 1991–2020
Khāliş weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Khāliş: daytime highs average 44.8°C and nights cool to about 31.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baqubah (9 km away). In August its highs average 44.9°C, about as warm as Khāliş, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khāliş ranks joint 24th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Khāliş is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 40.7°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
Khāliş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 35 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 30 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 17 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.3°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.8°C31.4°C | 31.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 44.8°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.7°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 12 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 30 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.5°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.010 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
- Baqubah in AugustIraq · 9 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 31.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in AugustIraq · 42 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 30.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sadr City in AugustIraq · 47 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Baghdad in AugustIraq · 53 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in AugustIraq · 65 kmHigh 44.4°C · Low 30.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in AugustIraq · 74 kmHigh 43.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in AugustIraq · 84 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 31.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in AugustIraq · 86 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 29.9°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 Khāliş) is explained once on the Khāliş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baqubah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.