Al ‘Amārah climate

Name: Al ‘Amārah
Address: IQ

Al ‘Amārah is warmest in July, with average highs of 47 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.1 °C. January is the wettest month (40 mm) and July the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al ‘Amārah averages 206 mm of rain, 249 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 323,302 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 47 °C
Coldest month January 7.1 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 40 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 52 °C
Coldest on record January -1.5 °C

What to expectAl ‘Amārah through the year

Al ‘Amārah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 47 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 249 days a year reach 25 °C, 211 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 52 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 40 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.2 °C	40 mm	38 %
February	20.3 °C	25 mm	32 %
March	25.9 °C	29 mm	33 %
April	32.6 °C	19 mm	34 %
May	39.5 °C	6 mm	25 %
June	44.5 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	46.5 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	46.5 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	42.6 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	35.8 °C	11 mm	18 %
November	25.3 °C	38 mm	34 %
December	18.9 °C	38 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.2 °C	7.1 °C	11.9 °C	28.3 °C	-1.5 °C	0	0
February	20.3 °C	8.5 °C	14.3 °C	31.0 °C	-0.4 °C	3	0
March	25.9 °C	12.8 °C	19.5 °C	40.8 °C	2.4 °C	17	5
April	32.6 °C	18.5 °C	25.9 °C	43.1 °C	5.6 °C	29	21
May	39.5 °C	24.9 °C	32.9 °C	49.1 °C	16.8 °C	31	30
June	44.5 °C	30.0 °C	37.7 °C	51.5 °C	23.6 °C	30	30
July	46.5 °C	32.4 °C	39.8 °C	52.1 °C	25.0 °C	31	31
August	46.5 °C	31.9 °C	39.5 °C	51.0 °C	26.4 °C	31	31
September	42.6 °C	27.5 °C	35.3 °C	48.9 °C	20.2 °C	30	30
October	35.8 °C	21.6 °C	28.8 °C	44.8 °C	13.0 °C	31	28
November	25.3 °C	13.9 °C	19.4 °C	35.9 °C	3.3 °C	16	5
December	18.9 °C	8.8 °C	13.6 °C	27.5 °C	0.1 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	6	10 h/day	38 %	70 %	17 km/h
February	25 mm	4	11 h/day	32 %	58 %	19 km/h
March	29 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	44 %	21 km/h
April	19 mm	3	13 h/day	34 %	34 %	22 km/h
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	25 %	19 %	23 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	12 %	28 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	13 %	28 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	14 %	25 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	16 %	23 km/h
October	11 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	27 %	18 km/h
November	38 mm	4	11 h/day	34 %	52 %	17 km/h
December	38 mm	5	10 h/day	39 %	68 %	16 km/h

How Al ‘Amārah compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al ‘Amārah	47 °C	7.1 °C	206 mm	249
Nasiriyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.8 °C	114 mm	255
Dezful · Iran	46 °C	5.7 °C	639 mm	232
Al-Kut · Iraq	46 °C	6.6 °C	172 mm	243
Ahvaz · Iran	47 °C	7.5 °C	298 mm	251
Basrah · Iraq	47 °C	7.6 °C	156 mm	257
Al Diwaniyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.1 °C	107 mm	247

Where Al ‘Amārah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in August	3rd of 50	47 °C
The warmest places in Asia in July	3rd of 50	47 °C
The warmest places in Asia in September	3rd of 50	43 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	3rd of 50	47 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	3rd of 50	47 °C
The warmest places in the world in September	3rd of 50	43 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Al ‘Amārah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al ‘Amārah?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al ‘Amārah get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 47 °C. About 211 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 52 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Al ‘Amārah?

January, averaging 40 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 206 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al ‘Amārah rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 31.836°, 47.145° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.