Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (63 km away). In November its highs average 12.1°C, 5.1°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks 57th of 59 for the warmest November highs and 54th of 59 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 59 cities is 22.4°C; Sulaymaniyah is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Sulaymaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 131 | 12.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 121 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 39.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 39.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 108 | 10.1 | 9.810 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
November in nearby cities
- Bāneh in NovemberIran · 63 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Marīvān in NovemberIran · 68 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Qeładizê in NovemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Rānyah in NovemberIraq · 91 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Hajiawa in NovemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Kirkuk in NovemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in NovemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kelar in NovemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 65 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 Sulaymaniyah) is explained once on the Sulaymaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.