Climate averages 1991–2020
Rānyah weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rānyah: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (8 km away). In February its highs average 10.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Rānyah, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Rānyah ranks 57th of 59 for the warmest February highs and 56th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Rānyah is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 147 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Rānyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 152 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 10.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 154 | 12.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.4°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 147 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 35 | 6.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 32 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 88 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 130 | 9.7 | 9.710 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
February in nearby cities
- Hajiawa in FebruaryIraq · 8 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Qeładizê in FebruaryIraq · 24 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Soran in FebruaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Piranshahr in FebruaryIran · 55 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in FebruaryIraq · 67 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in FebruaryIraq · 76 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Erbil in FebruaryIraq · 79 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Naqadeh in FebruaryIran · 90 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 41 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 Rānyah) is explained once on the Rānyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.