Al-Kut climate

Name: Al-Kut
Address: IQ

Al-Kut is warmest in August, with average highs of 46 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.6 °C. January is the wettest month (33 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al-Kut averages 172 mm of rain, 243 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 315,162 · 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 August 46 °C
Coldest month January 6.6 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 33 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record August 52 °C
Coldest on record February -1.8 °C

What to expectAl-Kut through the year

Al-Kut has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 46 °C in August, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 243 days a year reach 25 °C, 206 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 52 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 33 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.7 °C	33 mm	37 %
February	19.5 °C	23 mm	32 %
March	25.2 °C	23 mm	33 %
April	31.8 °C	16 mm	32 %
May	38.6 °C	7 mm	25 %
June	43.5 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	45.7 °C	0 mm	2 %
August	45.7 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	41.8 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	35.0 °C	7 mm	20 %
November	24.6 °C	31 mm	33 %
December	18.4 °C	31 mm	38 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.7 °C	6.6 °C	11.4 °C	27.8 °C	-1.6 °C	0	0
February	19.5 °C	8.0 °C	13.7 °C	30.2 °C	-1.8 °C	2	0
March	25.2 °C	12.4 °C	19.0 °C	40.7 °C	2.6 °C	15	4
April	31.8 °C	18.0 °C	25.3 °C	42.9 °C	5.6 °C	28	19
May	38.6 °C	24.2 °C	32.0 °C	47.7 °C	14.9 °C	31	30
June	43.5 °C	29.2 °C	36.9 °C	50.2 °C	22.8 °C	30	30
July	45.7 °C	31.7 °C	39.1 °C	51.3 °C	25.6 °C	31	31
August	45.7 °C	31.4 °C	39.0 °C	51.7 °C	25.5 °C	31	31
September	41.8 °C	27.2 °C	34.8 °C	49.3 °C	18.8 °C	30	30
October	35.0 °C	21.4 °C	28.3 °C	43.4 °C	11.5 °C	31	27
November	24.6 °C	13.4 °C	18.8 °C	36.8 °C	2.2 °C	14	3
December	18.4 °C	8.3 °C	13.1 °C	30.1 °C	-0.5 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	5	10 h/day	37 %	68 %	18 km/h
February	23 mm	4	11 h/day	32 %	57 %	20 km/h
March	23 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	43 %	22 km/h
April	16 mm	3	13 h/day	32 %	34 %	22 km/h
May	7 mm	1	14 h/day	25 %	20 %	23 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	14 %	27 km/h
July	0 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	14 %	27 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	15 %	25 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	17 %	23 km/h
October	7 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	28 %	19 km/h
November	31 mm	3	10 h/day	33 %	51 %	18 km/h
December	31 mm	5	10 h/day	38 %	66 %	18 km/h

How Al-Kut 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-Kut	46 °C	6.6 °C	172 mm	243
Al Diwaniyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.1 °C	107 mm	247
Al Hillah · Iraq	45 °C	6.1 °C	112 mm	242
Al ‘Amārah · Iraq	47 °C	7.1 °C	206 mm	249
Najaf · Iraq	44 °C	5.0 °C	93 mm	239
Baghdad · Iraq	45 °C	5.9 °C	150 mm	237
Nasiriyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.8 °C	114 mm	255

Where Al-Kut ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in August	6th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in Asia in July	6th of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Asia in August	7th of 50	46 °C
The warmest places in Asia in July	7th of 50	46 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	7th of 50	46 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	7th of 50	46 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al-Kut.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al-Kut’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al-Kut?

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

How hot does Al-Kut get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 46 °C. About 206 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 6.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Al-Kut?

January, averaging 33 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 172 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-Kut 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: 32.513°, 45.818° (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.