Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khāliş (74 km away). In February its highs average 18.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks 36th of 59 for the warmest February highs and 36th of 59 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 59 cities is 17.0°C; Sāmarrā’ is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 28 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Khāliş in FebruaryIraq · 74 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Baqubah in FebruaryIraq · 83 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bayjī in FebruaryIraq · 89 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in FebruaryIraq · 95 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in FebruaryIraq · 100 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Ramadi in FebruaryIraq · 101 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in FebruaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in FebruaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.6°C · 64 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.