Climate averages 1991–2020

Sumayl weather
in September.

A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.2°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 18.6°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 1.0 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sumayl · average highYear overview

September is a very hot month in Sumayl: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 18.6°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 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Simele (0 km away). In September its highs average 34.1°C, about as warm as Sumayl, with 1.0 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sumayl ranks 52nd 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; Sumayl is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sumayl climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sumayl, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 10.1°C0.6°C0.6°C8310.19.910 h
February 11.9°C1.3°C1.3°C7510.010.811 h
March 16.3°C4.6°C4.6°C8210.111.912 h
April 21.9°C9.2°C9.2°C588.613.113 h
May 28.4°C14.3°C14.3°C254.214.114 h
June 35.5°C19.7°C19.7°C1.20.414.615 h
July 39.7°C23.4°C23.4°C0.30.114.414 h
August 39.2°C23.0°C23.0°C0.20.013.614 h
September, selected 34.2°C18.6°C18.6°C1.00.312.512 h
October 27.1°C13.7°C13.7°C243.311.311 h
November 17.8°C6.8°C6.8°C526.210.210 h
December 12.0°C2.4°C2.4°C758.89.710 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

Distance from Sumayl

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sumayl) is explained once on the Sumayl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Simele lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.