Climate averages 1991–2020

Xebat weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 41.9°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 26.4°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Xebat: daytime highs average 41.9°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Erbil (32 km away). In July its highs average 41.5°C, about as warm as Xebat, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Xebat ranks 43rd of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 33rd of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Xebat is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 41.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Xebat climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Xebat, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	12.0°C1.7°C	1.7°C	90	10.2	10.010 h
February	13.8°C2.7°C	2.7°C	82	9.5	10.811 h
March	18.3°C6.2°C	6.2°C	83	9.6	11.912 h
April	24.2°C11.0°C	11.0°C	56	7.1	13.113 h
May	31.1°C16.6°C	16.6°C	18	3.2	14.114 h
June	38.0°C22.5°C	22.5°C	0.7	0.1	14.615 h
July, selected	41.9°C26.4°C	26.4°C	0.1	0.0	14.414 h
August	41.6°C25.9°C	25.9°C	0.1	0.0	13.514 h
September	36.6°C21.1°C	21.1°C	0.5	0.2	12.412 h
October	29.5°C15.8°C	15.8°C	23	2.7	11.311 h
November	19.8°C8.2°C	8.2°C	59	6.2	10.310 h
December	13.9°C3.5°C	3.5°C	79	8.4	9.710 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Xebat

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