Climate averages 1991–2020
Rānyah weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Rānyah: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (8 km away). In October its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Rānyah, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Rānyah ranks joint 51st of 59 for the warmest October highs and 53rd of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Rānyah is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.6°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 88 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hajiawa in OctoberIraq · 8 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Qeładizê in OctoberIraq · 24 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Soran in OctoberIraq · 54 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Piranshahr in OctoberIran · 55 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in OctoberIraq · 67 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in OctoberIraq · 76 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Erbil in OctoberIraq · 79 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Naqadeh in OctoberIran · 90 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 15 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.