Climate averages 1991–2020

Kufa weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 44.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 30.5°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 Kufa: daytime highs average 44.6°C and nights cool to about 30.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

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 02 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Najaf (9 km away). In July its highs average 44.2°C, about as warm as Kufa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kufa ranks joint 24th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Kufa is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 44.9°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

Kufa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kufa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	16.8°C6.2°C	6.2°C	20	3.3	10.310 h
February	19.7°C7.8°C	7.8°C	13	2.4	11.011 h
March	25.5°C12.3°C	12.3°C	12	2.3	12.012 h
April	31.8°C17.9°C	17.9°C	10	2.5	12.913 h
May	38.2°C23.9°C	23.9°C	4.7	0.7	13.814 h
June	42.5°C28.3°C	28.3°C	0	0.0	14.214 h
July, selected	44.6°C30.5°C	30.5°C	0	0.0	14.014 h
August	44.9°C30.2°C	30.2°C	0	0.0	13.313 h
September	41.3°C26.5°C	26.5°C	0.1	0.0	12.412 h
October	34.8°C21.0°C	21.0°C	3.4	0.8	11.411 h
November	24.4°C12.9°C	12.9°C	17	2.3	10.611 h
December	18.4°C7.9°C	7.9°C	16	2.7	10.110 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 Kufa

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