Climate averages 1991–2020

Khāliş weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 44.8°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 31.4°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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July is a very hot month in Khāliş: daytime highs average 44.8°C and nights cool to about 31.4°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 July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baqubah (9 km away). In July its highs average 44.8°C, about as warm as Khāliş, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khāliş ranks joint 19th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Khāliş is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 44.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035404550 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Khāliş, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.8°C6.0°C6.0°C355.810.210 h
February 18.4°C7.2°C7.2°C274.310.911 h
March 23.9°C11.4°C11.4°C304.212.012 h
April 30.6°C17.1°C17.1°C172.913.013 h
May 37.2°C23.4°C23.4°C5.11.413.914 h
June 42.3°C28.7°C28.7°C0.10.014.414 h
July, selected 44.8°C31.4°C31.4°C00.014.214 h
August 44.8°C31.1°C31.1°C0.10.013.413 h
September 40.7°C26.8°C26.8°C0.30.112.412 h
October 34.0°C21.2°C21.2°C121.811.411 h
November 23.6°C12.8°C12.8°C303.810.410 h
December 17.5°C7.8°C7.8°C335.110.010 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Khāliş

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 limits

How 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.