Al Miqdādīyah climate

Name: Al Miqdādīyah
Address: IQ

Al Miqdādīyah is warmest in July, with average highs of 45 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.6 °C. January is the wettest month (50 mm) and August the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Miqdādīyah averages 268 mm of rain, 229 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 155,968 · 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 45 °C
Coldest month January 5.6 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 50 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record August 51 °C
Coldest on record February -3.1 °C

What to expectAl Miqdādīyah through the year

Al Miqdādīyah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 45 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 229 days a year reach 25 °C, 193 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 51 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 50 mm against 0 mm in August — 1,160 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.3 °C	50 mm	41 %
February	17.6 °C	39 mm	38 %
March	23.0 °C	43 mm	37 %
April	29.6 °C	24 mm	35 %
May	36.6 °C	6 mm	26 %
June	42.0 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	44.8 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	44.8 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	40.5 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	33.7 °C	16 mm	23 %
November	23.2 °C	42 mm	33 %
December	17.1 °C	48 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	15.3 °C	5.6 °C	10.2 °C	26.5 °C	-3.0 °C	0	0	1
February	17.6 °C	6.8 °C	12.1 °C	30.0 °C	-3.1 °C	0	0	1
March	23.0 °C	10.9 °C	17.1 °C	38.4 °C	1.1 °C	9	2	0
April	29.6 °C	16.4 °C	23.3 °C	42.8 °C	4.9 °C	25	13	0
May	36.6 °C	22.6 °C	30.1 °C	46.4 °C	11.5 °C	31	29	0
June	42.0 °C	27.8 °C	35.5 °C	49.1 °C	20.8 °C	30	30	0
July	44.8 °C	30.6 °C	38.2 °C	50.7 °C	24.6 °C	31	31	0
August	44.8 °C	30.3 °C	37.9 °C	51.4 °C	24.8 °C	31	31	0
September	40.5 °C	26.0 °C	33.5 °C	48.6 °C	15.5 °C	30	30	0
October	33.7 °C	20.5 °C	27.0 °C	42.0 °C	11.2 °C	30	25	0
November	23.2 °C	12.3 °C	17.4 °C	34.7 °C	1.6 °C	11	2	0
December	17.1 °C	7.4 °C	11.9 °C	29.3 °C	-2.2 °C	1	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	50 mm	7	10 h/day	41 %	70 %	15 km/h
February	39 mm	6	11 h/day	38 %	63 %	17 km/h
March	43 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	50 %	19 km/h
April	24 mm	3	13 h/day	35 %	38 %	20 km/h
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	26 %	24 %	20 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	15 %	21 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	15 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	16 %	20 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	18 %	18 km/h
October	16 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	29 %	16 km/h
November	42 mm	5	10 h/day	33 %	53 %	15 km/h
December	48 mm	6	9.9 h/day	41 %	67 %	15 km/h

How Al Miqdādīyah 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 Miqdādīyah	45 °C	5.6 °C	268 mm	229
Baqubah · Iraq	45 °C	5.6 °C	188 mm	233
Khānaqīn · Iraq	44 °C	4.5 °C	402 mm	218
Kelar · Iraq	44 °C	4.5 °C	487 mm	214
Baghdad · Iraq	45 °C	5.9 °C	150 mm	237
Sāmarrā’ · Iraq	44 °C	4.4 °C	180 mm	227
Ramadi · Iraq	43 °C	5.1 °C	117 mm	227

Where Al Miqdādīyah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	1stof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	1stof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	5thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	9thof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Asia in July	10thof 50	45 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	10thof 50	45 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Miqdādīyah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Miqdādīyah?

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, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Miqdādīyah get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 45 °C. About 193 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 51 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Al Miqdādīyah?

January, averaging 50 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 268 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 Miqdādīyah 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
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.