Climate averages 1991–2020
Khānaqīn weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Khānaqīn: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelar (32 km away). In December its highs average 16.0°C, about as warm as Khānaqīn, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khānaqīn ranks joint 35th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Khānaqīn is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Khānaqīn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 80 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 62 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 28.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 40 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 35.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 10 | 2.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.8°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 19 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 57 | 5.8 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 16.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 7.7 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kelar in DecemberIraq · 32 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in DecemberIraq · 59 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in DecemberIraq · 92 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Baqubah in DecemberIraq · 98 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Khāliş in DecemberIraq · 99 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in DecemberIran · 108 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Īlām in DecemberIran · 124 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in DecemberIraq · 135 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 108 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 Khānaqīn) is explained once on the Khānaqīn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.