Climate averages 1991–2020

Nasiriyah weather
in October.

A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 36.0°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 5.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a very hot month in Nasiriyah: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shaţrah (40 km away). In October its highs average 35.9°C, about as warm as Nasiriyah, with 5.1 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Nasiriyah ranks 7th of 59 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Nasiriyah is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 10.4°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.3 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035404550 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Nasiriyah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.9°C7.0°C7.0°C254.010.410 h
February 21.0°C8.8°C8.8°C142.511.111 h
March 26.7°C13.3°C13.3°C152.412.012 h
April 33.3°C19.3°C19.3°C112.212.913 h
May 39.8°C25.6°C25.6°C2.90.613.714 h
June 44.3°C30.0°C30.0°C00.014.114 h
July 46.2°C32.0°C32.0°C00.014.014 h
August 46.4°C31.7°C31.7°C00.013.313 h
September 42.6°C27.6°C27.6°C0.20.112.412 h
October, selected 36.0°C21.9°C21.9°C5.30.911.411 h
November 25.6°C14.0°C14.0°C242.910.611 h
December 19.4°C8.6°C8.6°C193.510.210 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Nasiriyah

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