Climate averages 1991–2020
Qal‘at Sukkar weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Qal‘at Sukkar: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Ḩayy (35 km away). In May its highs average 39.0°C, about as warm as Qal‘at Sukkar, with 7.3 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qal‘at Sukkar ranks 10th of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Qal‘at Sukkar is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 44.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.3 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al Ḩayy in MayIraq · 35 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in MayIraq · 51 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Al-Kut in MayIraq · 76 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in MayIraq · 91 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 2.9 mm rain
- As Samawah in MayIraq · 94 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in MayIraq · 99 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in MayIraq · 101 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in MayIraq · 109 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 4.1 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.