Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kirkuk: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In May its highs average 34.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks 43rd of 59 for the warmest May highs and 44th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Kirkuk is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 39.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MayIraq · 68 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MayIraq · 85 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Erbil in MayIraq · 87 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MayIraq · 93 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MayIraq · 95 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 98 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 100 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Bayjī in MayIraq · 102 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.2 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.