Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 44.0°C and nights cool to about 29.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khāliş (74 km away). In July its highs average 44.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks 32nd 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; Sāmarrā’ is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 43.9°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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Khāliş in JulyIraq · 74 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 31.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Baqubah in JulyIraq · 83 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Bayjī in JulyIraq · 89 kmHigh 43.6°C · Low 29.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in JulyIraq · 95 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 30.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in JulyIraq · 100 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 30.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ramadi in JulyIraq · 101 kmHigh 43.3°C · Low 29.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in JulyIraq · 103 kmHigh 44.2°C · Low 31.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in JulyIraq · 103 kmHigh 43.4°C · Low 29.2°C · 0.1 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.