Climate averages 1991–2020
Sadr City weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Sadr City: daytime highs average 44.9°C and nights cool to about 30.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baghdad (8 km away). In July its highs average 44.8°C, about as warm as Sadr City, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sadr City ranks 18th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Sadr City is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 44.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Sadr City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 32 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 24 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 16 | 2.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July, selected | 44.9°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.9°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 41.0°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 28 | 3.8 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.9°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 29 | 4.5 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Baghdad in JulyIraq · 8 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in JulyIraq · 27 kmHigh 44.2°C · Low 31.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in JulyIraq · 37 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Baqubah in JulyIraq · 43 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Khāliş in JulyIraq · 47 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 31.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in JulyIraq · 57 kmHigh 44.6°C · Low 30.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in JulyIraq · 59 kmHigh 45.4°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in JulyIraq · 63 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 30.2°C · 0 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 Sadr City) is explained once on the Sadr City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.