Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaxo 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.
July is a very hot month in Zaxo: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 22.4°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 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Silopi (22 km away). In July its highs average 39.2°C, about as warm as Zaxo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Zaxo ranks joint 50th of 59 for the warmest July highs and joint 52nd of 59 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Zaxo is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 38.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Silopi in JulyTurkey · 22 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sumayl in JulyIraq · 35 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Simele in JulyIraq · 35 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dihok in JulyIraq · 41 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Cizre in JulyTurkey · 49 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sīnah in JulyIraq · 49 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in JulyIraq · 98 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Hakkâri in JulyTurkey · 105 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 5.8 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 Zaxo) is explained once on the Zaxo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.