Climate averages 1991–2020
Nasiriyah weather
in June.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Nasiriyah: daytime highs average 44.3°C and nights cool to about 30.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shaţrah (40 km away). In June its highs average 44.2°C, about as warm as Nasiriyah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Nasiriyah ranks 8th of 59 for the warmest June highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 59 cities is 40.6°C; Nasiriyah is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 46.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Nasiriyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 25 | 4.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 15 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.8°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| June, selected | 44.3°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.2°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.4°C31.7°C | 31.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.6°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 5.3 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.210 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
June in nearby cities
- Ash Shaţrah in JuneIraq · 40 kmHigh 44.2°C · Low 29.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in JuneIraq · 91 kmHigh 44.0°C · Low 29.9°C · 0 mm rain
- As Samawah in JuneIraq · 97 kmHigh 43.6°C · Low 29.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in JuneIraq · 97 kmHigh 45.0°C · Low 30.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in JuneIraq · 112 kmHigh 45.0°C · Low 30.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in JuneIraq · 121 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 30.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in JuneIraq · 126 kmHigh 43.9°C · Low 29.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in JuneIraq · 157 kmHigh 44.9°C · Low 30.0°C · 0.2 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 Nasiriyah) is explained once on the Nasiriyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.