Climate averages 1991–2020
Najaf 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 Najaf: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 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 Kufa (9 km away). In November its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Najaf, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Najaf ranks joint 27th of 59 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Najaf is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 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
Najaf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 19 | 3.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 25.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.7 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 13.814 h |
| June | 42.1°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 44.2°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 44.5°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 40.8°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November, selected | 23.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 15 | 2.8 | 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
- Kufa in NovemberIraq · 9 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in NovemberIraq · 44 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Hillah in NovemberIraq · 49 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in NovemberIraq · 55 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in NovemberIraq · 56 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in NovemberIraq · 59 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Karbala in NovemberIraq · 72 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in NovemberIraq · 84 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 Najaf) is explained once on the Najaf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.