Climate averages 1991–2020

Xebat weather
in June.

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

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

Average high 38.0°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 22.5°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a very hot month in Xebat: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Erbil (32 km away). In June its highs average 37.6°C, about as warm as Xebat, with 1.2 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Xebat ranks 45th of 59 for the warmest June highs and joint 43rd of 59 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 59 cities is 40.6°C; Xebat is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 41.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June 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

Xebat climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Xebat, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.0°C1.7°C1.7°C9010.210.010 h
February 13.8°C2.7°C2.7°C829.510.811 h
March 18.3°C6.2°C6.2°C839.611.912 h
April 24.2°C11.0°C11.0°C567.113.113 h
May 31.1°C16.6°C16.6°C183.214.114 h
June, selected 38.0°C22.5°C22.5°C0.70.114.615 h
July 41.9°C26.4°C26.4°C0.10.014.414 h
August 41.6°C25.9°C25.9°C0.10.013.514 h
September 36.6°C21.1°C21.1°C0.50.212.412 h
October 29.5°C15.8°C15.8°C232.711.311 h
November 19.8°C8.2°C8.2°C596.210.310 h
December 13.9°C3.5°C3.5°C798.49.710 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

June 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.