Baghdad climate

Name: Baghdad
Address: IQ

Baghdad is warmest in August, with average highs of 45 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.9 °C. January is the wettest month (28 mm) and July the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Baghdad averages 150 mm of rain, 237 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 7,216,000 · 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 August 45 °C
Coldest month January 5.9 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 28 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record August 52 °C
Coldest on record February -2.4 °C

What to expectBaghdad through the year

Baghdad has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 45 °C in August, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 237 days a year reach 25 °C, 200 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 28 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.1 °C	28 mm	37 %
February	18.9 °C	23 mm	33 %
March	24.5 °C	22 mm	33 %
April	31.0 °C	14 mm	31 %
May	37.6 °C	4 mm	24 %
June	42.4 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	44.7 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	44.8 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	40.9 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	34.2 °C	9 mm	21 %
November	23.8 °C	24 mm	32 %
December	17.8 °C	24 mm	38 %

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	16.1 °C	5.9 °C	10.8 °C	27.8 °C	-1.8 °C	0	0	1
February	18.9 °C	7.4 °C	13.1 °C	31.0 °C	-2.4 °C	1	0	0
March	24.5 °C	11.7 °C	18.2 °C	39.1 °C	1.8 °C	13	3	0
April	31.0 °C	17.3 °C	24.6 °C	43.7 °C	5.4 °C	27	17	0
May	37.6 °C	23.5 °C	31.0 °C	47.1 °C	13.8 °C	31	30	0
June	42.4 °C	28.5 °C	35.8 °C	49.7 °C	21.7 °C	30	30	0
July	44.7 °C	31.0 °C	38.2 °C	51.0 °C	25.2 °C	31	31	0
August	44.8 °C	30.7 °C	38.1 °C	51.8 °C	23.5 °C	31	31	0
September	40.9 °C	26.5 °C	33.9 °C	49.1 °C	17.3 °C	30	30	0
October	34.2 °C	20.9 °C	27.6 °C	42.2 °C	11.9 °C	30	26	0
November	23.8 °C	12.6 °C	18.0 °C	35.9 °C	2.0 °C	12	2	0
December	17.8 °C	7.7 °C	12.4 °C	28.9 °C	-1.4 °C	1	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	5	10 h/day	37 %	67 %	16 km/h
February	23 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	56 %	18 km/h
March	22 mm	3	12 h/day	33 %	42 %	20 km/h
April	14 mm	2	13 h/day	31 %	32 %	20 km/h
May	4 mm	1	14 h/day	24 %	22 %	21 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	16 %	23 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	16 %	24 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	17 %	22 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	20 %	19 km/h
October	9 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	29 %	17 km/h
November	24 mm	3	10 h/day	32 %	52 %	15 km/h
December	24 mm	4	10.0 h/day	38 %	64 %	15 km/h

How Baghdad 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
Baghdad	45 °C	5.9 °C	150 mm	237
Baqubah · Iraq	45 °C	5.6 °C	188 mm	233
Al Miqdādīyah · Iraq	45 °C	5.6 °C	268 mm	229
Karbala · Iraq	44 °C	6.0 °C	105 mm	233
Al Hillah · Iraq	45 °C	6.1 °C	112 mm	242
Ramadi · Iraq	43 °C	5.1 °C	117 mm	227
Sāmarrā’ · Iraq	44 °C	4.4 °C	180 mm	227

Where Baghdad ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	4th of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	6th of 50	98/100
The warmest places in Asia in August	10th of 50	45 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	10th of 50	45 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	12th of 50	94/100
The warmest places in Asia in July	12th of 50	45 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Baghdad.

QuestionsCommon questions about Baghdad’s climate

When is the best time to visit Baghdad?

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 Baghdad get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 45 °C. About 200 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 5.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Baghdad?

January, averaging 28 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 150 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 Baghdad 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: 33.341°, 44.401° (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.