Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaxo weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Zaxo: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Silopi (22 km away). In January its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Zaxo, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Zaxo ranks joint 51st of 59 for the warmest January highs and 52nd of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Zaxo is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 109 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
Zaxo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 113 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 109 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 115 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 84 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 29 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 105 | 9.9 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Silopi in JanuaryTurkey · 22 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Sumayl in JanuaryIraq · 35 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Simele in JanuaryIraq · 35 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Dihok in JanuaryIraq · 41 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Cizre in JanuaryTurkey · 49 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Sīnah in JanuaryIraq · 49 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in JanuaryIraq · 98 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Hakkâri in JanuaryTurkey · 105 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 140 mm precipitation
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 Zaxo) is explained once on the Zaxo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.