Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kirkuk: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In October its highs average 31.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks 42nd of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 51st of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Kirkuk is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.9°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in OctoberIraq · 68 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in OctoberIraq · 85 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Erbil in OctoberIraq · 87 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Hajiawa in OctoberIraq · 93 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in OctoberIraq · 95 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Rānyah in OctoberIraq · 98 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in OctoberIraq · 100 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Bayjī in OctoberIraq · 102 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 15 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.