Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Weather Score #

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Perfect for sun worshippers, beach lovers, and those seeking warm, dry climates for outdoor activities and relaxation.

Formula optimized for hot weather enthusiasts who prefer temperatures above 25°C (77°F) with maximum sun exposure and minimal precipitation.

Key factors in the calculation:

High temperatures: Favors locations with warm to hot daily highs
Abundant sunshine: Rewards areas with maximum daylight hours
Low precipitation: Penalizes frequent rain and wet conditions
Warm nights: Considers comfortable evening temperatures

Temperatures #

Temperatures across Iraqi cities vary significantly throughout the year, with summers being extremely hot and winters relatively mild
Cities like Al Basrah, An Nasiriyah, and Baghdad experience the highest maximum temperatures, often exceeding 45°C in July and August, leading to discomfort
As Sulaymaniyah stands out with the lowest minimum temperatures in January and February, occasionally dropping to discomfort levels
Most cities enjoy comfort temperatures during the spring and autumn months.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	18.3°C	13.3°C	20.1°C	14.3°C	10.2°C	17.0°C	13.0°C	18.5°C	17.9°C	19.8°C
Feb	19.8°C	15.0°C	22.2°C	15.5°C	11.2°C	18.5°C	14.1°C	20.2°C	19.5°C	21.9°C
Mar	25.2°C	19.8°C	27.5°C	20.2°C	16.0°C	23.7°C	18.8°C	25.9°C	25.0°C	27.5°C
Apr	31.5°C	26.6°C	34.2°C	27.0°C	22.4°C	30.1°C	25.4°C	32.2°C	31.3°C	33.9°C
May	37.9°C	33.2°C	40.9°C	33.5°C	28.7°C	36.3°C	31.9°C	38.4°C	37.6°C	40.4°C
Jun	43.5°C	40.4°C	46.6°C	40.3°C	36.4°C	41.9°C	39.2°C	43.7°C	43.0°C	46.0°C
Jul	46.1°C	44.0°C	48.3°C	43.7°C	40.3°C	44.8°C	42.8°C	46.3°C	45.5°C	48.0°C
Aug	45.7°C	43.5°C	47.7°C	43.3°C	40.0°C	44.5°C	42.4°C	46.0°C	45.2°C	47.5°C
Sep	42.6°C	39.3°C	44.9°C	39.1°C	35.7°C	40.8°C	38.0°C	42.9°C	42.0°C	44.5°C
Oct	35.5°C	31.5°C	37.7°C	31.5°C	27.5°C	33.7°C	30.4°C	35.9°C	35.1°C	37.3°C
Nov	25.8°C	21.4°C	27.7°C	21.9°C	18.1°C	24.4°C	20.8°C	26.0°C	25.4°C	27.3°C
Dec	20.3°C	15.7°C	22.1°C	16.7°C	13.3°C	19.1°C	15.5°C	20.5°C	19.9°C	21.8°C
Average	35.0°C	33.0°C	34.7°C	31.2°C	25.0°C	32.7°C	27.7°C	32.3°C	28.9°C	28.6°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	10.0°C	6.4°C	11.2°C	6.8°C	1.6°C	9.1°C	5.3°C	9.6°C	9.9°C	10.6°C
Feb	10.8°C	6.6°C	12.4°C	7.2°C	2.1°C	9.9°C	5.6°C	10.6°C	10.7°C	11.8°C
Mar	15.0°C	9.8°C	16.8°C	10.7°C	5.6°C	14.2°C	9.3°C	15.1°C	15.0°C	16.2°C
Apr	20.1°C	14.4°C	22.2°C	15.5°C	9.7°C	19.1°C	13.5°C	20.1°C	20.0°C	21.7°C
May	26.1°C	20.5°C	28.0°C	21.6°C	14.6°C	24.9°C	19.4°C	25.8°C	25.6°C	27.5°C
Jun	31.1°C	26.8°C	32.7°C	27.2°C	20.7°C	29.5°C	25.5°C	30.2°C	30.2°C	32.2°C
Jul	33.3°C	29.7°C	34.2°C	30.0°C	24.3°C	31.7°C	28.6°C	32.1°C	32.3°C	34.0°C
Aug	33.3°C	29.5°C	33.5°C	30.0°C	24.3°C	31.4°C	28.7°C	31.8°C	32.0°C	33.6°C
Sep	30.0°C	25.4°C	30.3°C	26.1°C	20.3°C	28.0°C	24.6°C	28.6°C	28.9°C	30.3°C
Oct	24.3°C	19.8°C	24.6°C	20.5°C	14.6°C	22.6°C	19.1°C	23.2°C	23.3°C	24.4°C
Nov	17.3°C	13.5°C	18.5°C	13.9°C	8.6°C	16.1°C	12.4°C	16.9°C	17.1°C	18.0°C
Dec	12.3°C	8.9°C	13.5°C	9.4°C	4.4°C	11.3°C	8.0°C	11.8°C	12.1°C	12.7°C
Average	23.2°C	21.3°C	22.8°C	20.7°C	12.6°C	22.0°C	16.7°C	21.4°C	18.2°C	17.6°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

Overall, cities in Iraq experience a similar pattern of increasing sun hours from January to June/July, followed by a decrease towards December. Precipitation is generally higher during the winter months (December to March/April) and minimal during the summer (June to September).
As Sulaymaniyah stands out with significantly higher precipitation levels, particularly in the winter months, compared to other cities. Al Basrah and An Nasiriyah receive the highest sun hours in January, reaching above or close to 8 hours, whereas most northern cities receive around 5 hours in January.

Sunny Weather

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	7.0 hours/day	4.5 hours/day	8.1 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	7.4 hours/day	8.2 hours/day
Feb	7.1 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	7.9 hours/day	7.6 hours/day	8.1 hours/day
Mar	8.8 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	5.6 hours/day	8.8 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	9.5 hours/day	9.5 hours/day	9.3 hours/day
Apr	9.8 hours/day	8.7 hours/day	10.3 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	10.0 hours/day	8.6 hours/day	10.5 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	10.5 hours/day
May	12.0 hours/day	11.5 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	11.7 hours/day	11.0 hours/day	12.2 hours/day	11.5 hours/day	12.1 hours/day	12.2 hours/day	12.2 hours/day
Jun	14.8 hours/day	14.5 hours/day	13.9 hours/day	14.6 hours/day	14.5 hours/day	14.7 hours/day	14.5 hours/day	14.8 hours/day	14.9 hours/day	14.2 hours/day
Jul	14.1 hours/day	14.2 hours/day	13.3 hours/day	14.2 hours/day	14.3 hours/day	13.9 hours/day	14.3 hours/day	13.8 hours/day	13.9 hours/day	13.6 hours/day
Aug	12.9 hours/day	13.3 hours/day	12.9 hours/day	13.1 hours/day	12.7 hours/day	13.1 hours/day	13.1 hours/day	12.7 hours/day	13.0 hours/day	12.6 hours/day
Sep	12.3 hours/day	12.5 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	12.5 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	12.4 hours/day	12.5 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	12.4 hours/day	12.4 hours/day
Oct	10.0 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	11.2 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	9.5 hours/day	9.8 hours/day	9.3 hours/day	10.2 hours/day	10.1 hours/day	11.0 hours/day
Nov	7.6 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	6.8 hours/day	6.2 hours/day	8.0 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	7.4 hours/day
Dec	7.1 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	5.3 hours/day	7.0 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	7.9 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	7.8 hours/day
Average	10.5 hours/day	10.6 hours/day	10.6 hours/day	10.4 hours/day	9.2 hours/day	10.3 hours/day	9.3 hours/day	10.5 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	9.4 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	0.7mm	2.1mm	0.7mm	1.8mm	4.4mm	0.7mm	3.0mm	0.7mm	0.6mm	0.5mm
Feb	1.1mm	2.1mm	0.6mm	2.6mm	4.9mm	0.9mm	2.9mm	0.6mm	0.8mm	0.7mm
Mar	1.3mm	2.7mm	0.9mm	2.4mm	5.1mm	1.0mm	3.2mm	0.5mm	0.6mm	0.8mm
Apr	0.7mm	1.9mm	0.3mm	1.7mm	3.0mm	0.6mm	2.2mm	0.4mm	0.5mm	0.5mm
May	0.1mm	0.8mm	0.2mm	0.5mm	1.4mm	0.1mm	1.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.2mm
Jun	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Jul	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Aug	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Sep	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
Oct	0.1mm	0.4mm	0.2mm	0.3mm	0.9mm	0.1mm	0.4mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
Nov	1.0mm	1.8mm	1.9mm	1.8mm	2.9mm	0.5mm	2.2mm	0.8mm	1.0mm	1.2mm
Dec	0.7mm	2.0mm	0.9mm	2.2mm	3.0mm	0.6mm	2.5mm	0.4mm	0.4mm	0.5mm
Average	0.5mm	0.3mm	0.4mm	0.4mm	2.1mm	0.5mm	1.5mm	0.3mm	1.1mm	1.2mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	17.7km/h	13.4km/h	20.9km/h	16.1km/h	10.2km/h	18.1km/h	13.1km/h	19.5km/h	19.0km/h	20.3km/h
Feb	18.9km/h	13.2km/h	22.8km/h	16.4km/h	11.0km/h	19.1km/h	13.3km/h	20.7km/h	19.9km/h	22.2km/h
Mar	22.4km/h	16.3km/h	24.9km/h	19.3km/h	14.4km/h	23.3km/h	16.1km/h	24.3km/h	23.8km/h	25.0km/h
Apr	21.5km/h	15.7km/h	24.8km/h	19.3km/h	14.8km/h	22.0km/h	16.3km/h	22.9km/h	22.3km/h	24.3km/h
May	22.5km/h	17.5km/h	26.1km/h	21.0km/h	16.8km/h	23.0km/h	17.7km/h	24.1km/h	23.6km/h	25.5km/h
Jun	25.7km/h	19.4km/h	32.0km/h	22.2km/h	18.0km/h	24.9km/h	18.9km/h	26.9km/h	25.7km/h	31.4km/h
Jul	26.3km/h	19.4km/h	30.6km/h	22.0km/h	18.4km/h	26.6km/h	18.9km/h	27.6km/h	26.6km/h	30.4km/h
Aug	24.6km/h	18.0km/h	26.2km/h	20.9km/h	17.6km/h	24.7km/h	17.7km/h	25.8km/h	24.8km/h	27.6km/h
Sep	21.9km/h	16.6km/h	25.1km/h	19.3km/h	17.2km/h	20.7km/h	16.4km/h	22.4km/h	21.4km/h	24.7km/h
Oct	18.2km/h	14.2km/h	20.3km/h	17.6km/h	14.9km/h	18.1km/h	14.7km/h	19.3km/h	18.7km/h	20.0km/h
Nov	17.2km/h	12.8km/h	20.1km/h	15.5km/h	10.9km/h	16.9km/h	12.5km/h	18.0km/h	17.4km/h	19.3km/h
Dec	17.0km/h	12.3km/h	20.1km/h	14.5km/h	9.3km/h	17.4km/h	11.7km/h	18.4km/h	18.2km/h	19.4km/h
Average	24.5km/h	22.5km/h	24.2km/h	21.2km/h	14.5km/h	21.2km/h	15.6km/h	21.8km/h	18.7km/h	15.7km/h

Humidity

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	40.8%	57.4%	39.7%	52.6%	61.7%	45.2%	54.9%	40.8%	43.5%	39.0%
Feb	38.5%	57.2%	34.9%	52.7%	62.7%	42.6%	55.5%	36.6%	40.2%	34.6%
Mar	33.1%	55.6%	30.5%	49.2%	59.3%	35.8%	53.8%	30.2%	33.4%	29.2%
Apr	24.2%	45.5%	22.4%	38.0%	49.4%	27.1%	44.1%	22.4%	24.8%	21.5%
May	17.8%	30.3%	15.0%	25.1%	35.9%	20.5%	29.3%	16.2%	18.6%	14.7%
Jun	13.2%	17.1%	9.6%	15.3%	20.0%	16.0%	16.7%	12.4%	14.5%	10.3%
Jul	12.3%	14.4%	10.9%	13.4%	16.8%	14.6%	14.3%	11.5%	13.9%	10.1%
Aug	13.6%	15.5%	12.5%	14.2%	16.8%	16.5%	14.8%	12.9%	15.6%	11.0%
Sep	15.1%	17.7%	13.5%	16.4%	19.7%	18.9%	17.2%	15.0%	17.3%	12.4%
Oct	20.1%	25.4%	20.9%	24.1%	29.9%	24.6%	25.3%	20.3%	22.4%	18.6%
Nov	36.1%	44.9%	37.6%	42.0%	48.7%	40.3%	43.7%	36.7%	38.7%	35.9%
Dec	42.0%	55.9%	41.5%	50.9%	55.9%	45.8%	53.0%	41.8%	44.4%	40.3%
Average	24.1%	24.7%	23.1%	29.0%	39.7%	25.6%	35.2%	27.3%	32.8%	36.4%

Daylight Hours #

The cities in Iraq exhibit similar patterns in terms of sunrise, sunset, and day length, with all locations experiencing the earliest sunrise in June and the latest in January. Notably, Mosul enjoys the longest daylight duration in June at 14 hours and 37 minutes, while Erbil has the shortest daytime in December at just 9 hours and 44 minutes.
The variation in sunset times is less pronounced, with most cities' latest sunsets occurring in June around 19:12 to 19:26, while the earliest sunsets in December are around 16:47 to 17:02. Overall, these trends underscore how geographical proximity influences daily sunlight patterns across these cities.

Sunrise Time

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	7:05	7:17	6:45	7:10	7:05	7:10	7:13	7:02	7:05	6:52
Feb	6:46	6:55	6:29	6:49	6:44	6:50	6:51	6:44	6:46	6:35
Mar	6:11	6:17	5:58	6:12	6:08	6:16	6:13	6:11	6:13	6:04
Apr	5:32	5:34	5:22	5:31	5:26	5:37	5:31	5:34	5:35	5:28
May	5:03	5:01	4:55	4:58	4:54	5:07	4:58	5:05	5:05	5:00
Jun	4:53	4:50	4:47	4:47	4:43	4:58	4:47	4:57	4:57	4:52
Jul	5:05	5:02	4:58	4:59	4:55	5:09	4:59	5:08	5:08	5:02
Aug	5:26	5:26	5:16	5:23	5:18	5:30	5:23	5:28	5:28	5:22
Sep	5:46	5:50	5:34	5:46	5:41	5:50	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:40
Oct	6:08	6:16	5:52	6:10	6:05	6:12	6:12	6:07	6:08	5:59
Nov	6:34	6:45	6:15	6:38	6:34	6:38	6:41	6:31	6:34	6:22
Dec	6:58	7:12	6:38	7:04	7:00	7:03	7:07	6:55	6:58	6:46
Average	5:42	6:00	5:48	6:00	5:54	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	17:19	17:17	17:11	17:14	17:10	17:23	17:14	17:22	17:22	17:16
Feb	17:47	17:48	17:37	17:44	17:40	17:51	17:45	17:49	17:49	17:42
Mar	18:11	18:16	17:58	18:10	18:07	18:15	18:12	18:11	18:12	18:04
Apr	18:33	18:42	18:17	18:35	18:31	18:38	18:38	18:32	18:34	18:23
May	18:56	19:08	18:37	19:01	18:56	19:01	19:04	18:53	18:56	18:44
Jun	19:13	19:27	18:52	19:19	19:15	19:17	19:22	19:10	19:13	18:59
Jul	19:11	19:25	18:51	19:17	19:13	19:16	19:20	19:08	19:11	18:59
Aug	18:47	18:56	18:29	18:50	18:46	18:51	18:52	18:45	18:47	18:36
Sep	18:08	18:14	17:54	18:09	18:05	18:13	18:11	18:08	18:10	18:00
Oct	17:29	17:31	17:17	17:27	17:22	17:33	17:28	17:30	17:31	17:23
Nov	17:01	17:00	16:52	16:57	16:52	17:05	16:57	17:04	17:04	16:58
Dec	16:58	16:55	16:51	16:52	16:48	17:02	16:52	17:01	17:01	16:56
Average	17:54	18:06	18:00	18:12	18:06	18:06	18:12	18:12	18:06	18:12

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Baghdad	Mosul	Al Basrah	Kirkuk	As Sulaymaniyah	Ar Ramadi	Erbil	An Najaf	Karbala'	An Nasiriyah
Jan	10:14 hours	9:59 hours	10:11 hours	10:05 hours	10:04 hours	10:14 hours	10:01 hours	10:19 hours	10:17 hours	10:16 hours
Feb	10:47 hours	10:48 hours	10:37 hours	10:44 hours	10:40 hours	10:51 hours	10:45 hours	10:49 hours	10:49 hours	10:42 hours
Mar	11:11 hours	11:16 hours	10:58 hours	11:10 hours	11:07 hours	11:15 hours	11:12 hours	11:11 hours	11:12 hours	11:04 hours
Apr	11:33 hours	11:42 hours	11:17 hours	11:35 hours	11:31 hours	11:38 hours	11:38 hours	11:32 hours	11:34 hours	11:23 hours
May	11:56 hours	12:08 hours	11:37 hours	12:01 hours	11:56 hours	12:01 hours	12:04 hours	11:53 hours	11:56 hours	11:44 hours
Jun	12:13 hours	12:27 hours	11:52 hours	12:19 hours	12:15 hours	12:17 hours	12:22 hours	12:10 hours	12:13 hours	11:59 hours
Jul	12:11 hours	12:25 hours	11:51 hours	12:17 hours	12:13 hours	12:16 hours	12:20 hours	12:08 hours	12:11 hours	11:59 hours
Aug	11:47 hours	11:56 hours	11:29 hours	11:50 hours	11:46 hours	11:51 hours	11:52 hours	11:45 hours	11:47 hours	11:36 hours
Sep	11:08 hours	11:14 hours	10:54 hours	11:09 hours	11:05 hours	11:13 hours	11:11 hours	11:08 hours	11:10 hours	11:00 hours
Oct	10:29 hours	10:31 hours	10:17 hours	10:27 hours	10:22 hours	10:33 hours	10:28 hours	10:30 hours	10:31 hours	10:23 hours
Nov	10:01 hours	10:00 hours	9:52 hours	9:57 hours	9:52 hours	10:05 hours	9:57 hours	10:04 hours	10:04 hours	9:58 hours
Dec	9:58 hours	9:43 hours	9:51 hours	9:48 hours	9:48 hours	9:59 hours	9:45 hours	10:01 hours	10:01 hours	9:56 hours
Average	10:54 hours	11:06 hours	11:00 hours	11:12 hours	11:06 hours	11:06 hours	11:06 hours	11:06 hours	11:06 hours	11:12 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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