Climate averages 1991–2020
Kufa weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kufa: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Najaf (9 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, about as warm as Kufa, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kufa ranks 18th of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 24th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Kufa is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 42.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.7 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
Kufa climate table
| 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Najaf in MayIraq · 9 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in MayIraq · 36 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Al Hillah in MayIraq · 46 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in MayIraq · 46 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in MayIraq · 54 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in MayIraq · 58 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Karbala in MayIraq · 74 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MayIraq · 82 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 3.8 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 Kufa) is explained once on the Kufa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.