Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khāliş (74 km away). In October its highs average 34.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks 34th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 32nd of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Sāmarrā’ is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 10.2°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Khāliş in OctoberIraq · 74 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Baqubah in OctoberIraq · 83 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Bayjī in OctoberIraq · 89 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in OctoberIraq · 95 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in OctoberIraq · 100 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Ramadi in OctoberIraq · 101 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in OctoberIraq · 103 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in OctoberIraq · 103 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 23 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.