Climate averages 1991–2020

Kirkuk weather
in July.

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

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

Average high 42.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 27.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Kirkuk: daytime highs average 42.6°C and nights cool to about 27.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In July its highs average 43.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kirkuk, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks joint 41st of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 40th of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Kirkuk is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 42.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kirkuk, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Kirkuk

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 Kirkuk) is explained once on the Kirkuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.