Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk weather
in January.
A cool, moderately 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 Kirkuk: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In January its highs average 13.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks 43rd of 59 for the warmest January highs and 45th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Kirkuk is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 78 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
Kirkuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 78 | 9.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 77 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 52 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 33.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.3°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 37.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 29 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 57 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 8.9 | 9.810 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
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in JanuaryIraq · 68 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in JanuaryIraq · 85 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Erbil in JanuaryIraq · 87 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Hajiawa in JanuaryIraq · 93 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 95 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Rānyah in JanuaryIraq · 98 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in JanuaryIraq · 100 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Bayjī in JanuaryIraq · 102 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 39 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 Kirkuk) is explained once on the Kirkuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.