Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Kirkuk: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In November its highs average 21.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks joint 42nd of 59 for the warmest November highs and joint 46th of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Kirkuk is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in NovemberIraq · 68 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in NovemberIraq · 85 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Erbil in NovemberIraq · 87 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Hajiawa in NovemberIraq · 93 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in NovemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Rānyah in NovemberIraq · 98 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in NovemberIraq · 100 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Bayjī in NovemberIraq · 102 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 27 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.