Climate averages 1991–2020
Ramadi weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ramadi: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Fallūjah (45 km away). In January its highs average 15.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ramadi, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ramadi ranks joint 35th of 59 for the warmest January highs and joint 2nd of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Ramadi is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 19 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
Ramadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 20 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 23.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 11 | 1.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 40.7°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 43.3°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 43.2°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 6.4 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 18 | 2.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.010 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 Fallūjah in JanuaryIraq · 45 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in JanuaryIraq · 82 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in JanuaryIraq · 101 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Baghdad in JanuaryIraq · 102 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in JanuaryIraq · 106 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Sadr City in JanuaryIraq · 107 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Karbala in JanuaryIraq · 112 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in JanuaryIraq · 113 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.8°C · 24 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 Ramadi) is explained once on the Ramadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.