Climate averages 1991–2020
Qal‘at Sukkar 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.
October is a very hot month in Qal‘at Sukkar: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Ḩayy (35 km away). In October its highs average 35.5°C, about as warm as Qal‘at Sukkar, with 6.4 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qal‘at Sukkar ranks 10th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 8th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Qal‘at Sukkar is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.5°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Ḩayy in OctoberIraq · 35 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in OctoberIraq · 51 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Al-Kut in OctoberIraq · 76 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in OctoberIraq · 91 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 5.3 mm rain
- As Samawah in OctoberIraq · 94 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in OctoberIraq · 99 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in OctoberIraq · 101 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in OctoberIraq · 109 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 3.5 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.