Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khāliş (74 km away). In December its highs average 17.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks joint 35th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Sāmarrā’ is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Sāmarrā’ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 35 | 5.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 30 | 4.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 23.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 29.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.0°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 25 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 16.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 32 | 5.5 | 9.910 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
December in nearby cities
- Khāliş in DecemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Baqubah in DecemberIraq · 83 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Bayjī in DecemberIraq · 89 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in DecemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in DecemberIraq · 100 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Ramadi in DecemberIraq · 101 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in DecemberIraq · 103 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in DecemberIraq · 103 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 72 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 Sāmarrā’) is explained once on the Sāmarrā’ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.