Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khāliş (74 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with 5.1 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks 34th of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 11th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Sāmarrā’ is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 41.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.6 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Khāliş in MayIraq · 74 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Baqubah in MayIraq · 83 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Bayjī in MayIraq · 89 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in MayIraq · 95 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MayIraq · 100 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Ramadi in MayIraq · 101 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in MayIraq · 103 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MayIraq · 103 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.9 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.