Climate averages 1991–2020

Ţūz Khūrmātū weather
in October.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 23 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Ţūz Khūrmātū · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Ţūz Khūrmātū: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirkuk (68 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Ţūz Khūrmātū, with 29 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ţūz Khūrmātū ranks 40th of 59 for the warmest October highs and joint 44th of 59 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 59 cities is 32.4°C; Ţūz Khūrmātū is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 10.1°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 50 mm.

The annual picture

October 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. 05101520253035404550 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

Ţūz Khūrmātū climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ţūz Khūrmātū, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.7°C4.6°C4.6°C758.410.110 h
February 15.6°C5.6°C5.6°C648.110.911 h
March 20.9°C9.4°C9.4°C607.111.912 h
April 27.5°C14.7°C14.7°C395.013.013 h
May 34.6°C20.9°C20.9°C9.92.414.014 h
June 40.4°C26.1°C26.1°C0.30.114.514 h
July 43.4°C29.2°C29.2°C0.10.114.314 h
August 43.2°C28.9°C28.9°C0.10.013.513 h
September 38.6°C24.5°C24.5°C0.50.112.412 h
October, selected 31.7°C19.2°C19.2°C232.111.311 h
November 21.6°C11.1°C11.1°C505.310.410 h
December 15.7°C6.4°C6.4°C727.59.910 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

Distance from Ţūz Khūrmātū

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 Ţūz Khūrmātū) is explained once on the Ţūz Khūrmātū year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.