Climate averages 1991–2020
Qal‘at Sukkar weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Qal‘at Sukkar: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Ḩayy (35 km away). In January its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Qal‘at Sukkar, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qal‘at Sukkar ranks joint 9th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 18th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Qal‘at Sukkar is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Qal‘at Sukkar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 26 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 26.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 18 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 44.0°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.1°C32.3°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.2°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.3°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 3.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 24 | 3.8 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Ḩayy in JanuaryIraq · 35 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in JanuaryIraq · 51 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Al-Kut in JanuaryIraq · 76 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in JanuaryIraq · 91 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 25 mm rain
- As Samawah in JanuaryIraq · 94 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in JanuaryIraq · 99 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in JanuaryIraq · 101 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 109 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 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 Qal‘at Sukkar) is explained once on the Qal‘at Sukkar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.