Climate averages 1991–2020

Qeładizê weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 39.2°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 22.8°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 1.0 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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July is a very hot month in Qeładizê: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Rānyah (24 km away). In July its highs average 39.1°C, about as warm as Qeładizê, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qeładizê ranks 55th of 59 for the warmest July highs and 58th of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Qeładizê is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 39.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July 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. -5051015202530354045 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 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qeładizê climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qeładizê, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.5°C-1.1°C-1.1°C15512.710.010 h
February 10.1°C0.0°C0.0°C16112.310.811 h
March 15.4°C4.2°C4.2°C15713.811.912 h
April 21.4°C9.3°C9.3°C11312.413.113 h
May 27.9°C14.5°C14.5°C467.314.114 h
June 35.0°C19.4°C19.4°C3.61.114.615 h
July, selected 39.2°C22.8°C22.8°C1.00.414.414 h
August 39.2°C22.7°C22.7°C0.60.113.514 h
September 34.3°C18.8°C18.8°C2.10.712.412 h
October 27.1°C13.6°C13.6°C394.611.311 h
November 17.3°C6.2°C6.2°C948.810.310 h
December 11.0°C1.2°C1.2°C13310.49.710 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Qeładizê

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