Climate averages 1991–2020
Kufa weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Kufa: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Najaf (9 km away). In November its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Kufa, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kufa ranks joint 18th of 59 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Kufa is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 16 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Najaf in NovemberIraq · 9 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in NovemberIraq · 36 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Hillah in NovemberIraq · 46 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in NovemberIraq · 46 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in NovemberIraq · 54 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in NovemberIraq · 58 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Karbala in NovemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in NovemberIraq · 82 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.0°C · 20 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.