Climate averages 1991–2020
Xebat weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Xebat: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erbil (32 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Xebat, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Xebat ranks 45th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 45th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Xebat is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Xebat climate table
| 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Erbil in MayIraq · 32 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 33 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MayIraq · 43 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in MayIraq · 51 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MayIraq · 54 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Sīnah in MayIraq · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Soran in MayIraq · 89 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Dihok in MayIraq · 89 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 24 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 Xebat) is explained once on the Xebat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.