Climate averages 1991–2020
Khānaqīn weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Khānaqīn: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelar (32 km away). In February its highs average 15.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Khānaqīn, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khānaqīn ranks joint 38th of 59 for the warmest February highs and joint 40th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Khānaqīn is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kelar in FebruaryIraq · 32 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in FebruaryIraq · 59 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in FebruaryIraq · 92 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Baqubah in FebruaryIraq · 98 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Khāliş in FebruaryIraq · 99 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in FebruaryIran · 108 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Īlām in FebruaryIran · 124 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in FebruaryIraq · 135 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 132 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.