Climate averages 1991–2020
Ţūz Khūrmātū weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Ţūz Khūrmātū: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirkuk (68 km away). In January its highs average 12.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ţūz Khūrmātū, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ţūz Khūrmātū ranks 40th of 59 for the warmest January highs and 41st of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Ţūz Khūrmātū is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Ţūz Khūrmātū climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 13.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 75 | 8.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 39 | 5.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.2°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 23 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 50 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 72 | 7.5 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kirkuk in JanuaryIraq · 68 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Kelar in JanuaryIraq · 69 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in JanuaryIraq · 92 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in JanuaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Bayjī in JanuaryIraq · 104 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 105 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in JanuaryIraq · 105 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Khāliş in JanuaryIraq · 120 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 35 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 Ţūz Khūrmātū) is explained once on the Ţūz Khūrmātū year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.