Baqubah climate

Name: Baqubah
Address: IQ

Baqubah 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 (35 mm) and July the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Baqubah averages 188 mm of rain, 233 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 152,550 · 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 July 0 mm
Wettest month January 35 mm
Least cloud July 1 % cloud
Hottest on record August 52 °C
Coldest on record February -3.5 °C

What to expectBaqubah through the year

Baqubah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 45 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 233 days a year reach 25 °C, 196 of them reach 30 °C, 2 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 35 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.6 °C	35 mm	40 %
February	18.2 °C	28 mm	35 %
March	23.7 °C	31 mm	34 %
April	30.3 °C	16 mm	33 %
May	37.0 °C	5 mm	25 %
June	42.2 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	44.8 °C	under 1 mm	1 %
August	44.7 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	40.6 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	33.8 °C	12 mm	22 %
November	23.4 °C	29 mm	32 %
December	17.4 °C	33 mm	40 %

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	15.6 °C	5.6 °C	10.4 °C	26.9 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0	1
February	18.2 °C	6.9 °C	12.4 °C	30.7 °C	-3.5 °C	1	0	1
March	23.7 °C	11.1 °C	17.5 °C	38.8 °C	1.3 °C	11	3	0
April	30.3 °C	16.7 °C	23.8 °C	43.2 °C	5.1 °C	26	15	0
May	37.0 °C	23.1 °C	30.5 °C	46.9 °C	12.8 °C	31	29	0
June	42.2 °C	28.4 °C	35.6 °C	49.3 °C	20.0 °C	30	30	0
July	44.8 °C	31.2 °C	38.2 °C	51.0 °C	25.0 °C	31	31	0
August	44.7 °C	30.8 °C	38.1 °C	51.7 °C	25.1 °C	31	31	0
September	40.6 °C	26.5 °C	33.7 °C	48.7 °C	16.8 °C	30	30	0
October	33.8 °C	20.8 °C	27.2 °C	42.1 °C	12.2 °C	30	25	0
November	23.4 °C	12.5 °C	17.7 °C	35.2 °C	2.0 °C	11	2	0
December	17.4 °C	7.5 °C	12.1 °C	28.8 °C	-1.6 °C	1	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	6	10 h/day	40 %	69 %	14 km/h
February	28 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	60 %	16 km/h
March	31 mm	4	12 h/day	34 %	46 %	17 km/h
April	16 mm	3	13 h/day	33 %	36 %	18 km/h
May	5 mm	1	14 h/day	25 %	23 %	18 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	15 %	20 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	1 %	15 %	20 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	16 %	19 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	19 %	16 km/h
October	12 mm	2	11 h/day	22 %	29 %	14 km/h
November	29 mm	3	10 h/day	32 %	52 %	13 km/h
December	33 mm	5	9.9 h/day	40 %	65 %	13 km/h

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

Where Baqubah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	3rd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	3rd of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	3rd of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	5th of 50	96/100
The warmest places in Asia in July	11th of 50	45 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	11th of 50	45 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Baqubah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Baqubah?

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 July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Baqubah get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 45 °C. About 196 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 5.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Baqubah?

January, averaging 35 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 188 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 Baqubah 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: 33.754°, 44.605° (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.