Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (63 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, 5.3°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks joint 53rd of 59 for the warmest September highs and joint 50th of 59 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 59 cities is 39.2°C; Sulaymaniyah is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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 | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bāneh in SeptemberIran · 63 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Marīvān in SeptemberIran · 68 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Qeładizê in SeptemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Rānyah in SeptemberIraq · 91 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Hajiawa in SeptemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kirkuk in SeptemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in SeptemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kelar in SeptemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.7 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.