Ash Sharqāt climate

Name: Ash Sharqāt
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Ash Sharqāt is warmest in July, with average highs of 43 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.2 °C. January is the wettest month (45 mm) and July the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ash Sharqāt averages 234 mm of rain, 209 days above 25 °C and 11 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 160,000 · 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 43 °C
Coldest month January 3.2 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 45 mm
Least cloud August 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 50 °C
Coldest on record January -5.5 °C

What to expectAsh Sharqāt through the year

Ash Sharqāt has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 43 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 209 days a year reach 25 °C, 175 of them reach 30 °C, 11 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 45 mm against 0 mm in July — 2,235 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.9 °C	45 mm	45 %
February	15.3 °C	38 mm	41 %
March	20.5 °C	39 mm	39 %
April	27.1 °C	21 mm	37 %
May	34.0 °C	9 mm	26 %
June	39.7 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	42.8 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	42.5 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	37.8 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
October	30.8 °C	13 mm	24 %
November	20.8 °C	28 mm	34 %
December	14.7 °C	40 mm	45 %

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	12.9 °C	3.2 °C	7.9 °C	23.8 °C	-5.5 °C	0	0	5
February	15.3 °C	4.4 °C	9.8 °C	26.7 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	3
March	20.5 °C	8.1 °C	14.5 °C	35.2 °C	-1.4 °C	5	1	0
April	27.1 °C	13.5 °C	20.8 °C	40.1 °C	2.2 °C	19	8	0
May	34.0 °C	19.8 °C	27.6 °C	44.9 °C	11.2 °C	30	26	0
June	39.7 °C	25.3 °C	33.2 °C	46.8 °C	18.4 °C	30	30	0
July	42.8 °C	28.6 °C	36.3 °C	49.7 °C	20.1 °C	31	31	0
August	42.5 °C	28.1 °C	35.8 °C	49.2 °C	22.5 °C	31	31	0
September	37.8 °C	23.5 °C	31.0 °C	45.4 °C	12.2 °C	30	30	0
October	30.8 °C	17.7 °C	24.4 °C	39.8 °C	7.0 °C	28	19	0
November	20.8 °C	9.6 °C	15.1 °C	32.1 °C	-0.7 °C	4	0	0
December	14.7 °C	4.9 °C	9.5 °C	27.5 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	45 mm	7	10 h/day	45 %	76 %	15 km/h
February	38 mm	7	11 h/day	41 %	70 %	16 km/h
March	39 mm	6	12 h/day	39 %	58 %	19 km/h
April	21 mm	4	13 h/day	37 %	45 %	20 km/h
May	9 mm	1	14 h/day	26 %	30 %	22 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	15 h/day	4 %	19 %	22 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	18 %	23 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	19 %	21 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	22 %	18 km/h
October	13 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	35 %	16 km/h
November	28 mm	4	10 h/day	34 %	59 %	14 km/h
December	40 mm	6	9.8 h/day	45 %	73 %	14 km/h

How Ash Sharqāt 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
Ash Sharqāt	43 °C	3.2 °C	234 mm	209
Bayjī · Iraq	44 °C	4.1 °C	207 mm	219
Mosul · Iraq	43 °C	2.9 °C	380 mm	197
Erbil · Iraq	41 °C	1.3 °C	536 mm	191
Kirkuk · Iraq	43 °C	3.6 °C	463 mm	203
Dihok · Iraq	40 °C	0.1 °C	515 mm	175
Sumayl · Iraq	40 °C	0.5 °C	480 mm	176

Where Ash Sharqāt ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in July	24th of 50	0.02 mm
The warmest places in Asia in July	26th of 50	43 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	26th of 50	43 °C
The warmest places in Asia in August	29th of 50	42 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	29th of 50	42 °C
The driest places in Asia in August	30th of 50	0.05 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ash Sharqāt’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ash Sharqāt?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, 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 Ash Sharqāt get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 43 °C. About 175 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 11 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ash Sharqāt?

January, averaging 45 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 234 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 Ash Sharqāt 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: 35.517°, 43.228° (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.