Bayjī climate

Name: Bayjī
Address: IQ

Bayjī is warmest in July, with average highs of 44 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.1 °C. January is the wettest month (38 mm) and August the driest (0.05 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bayjī averages 207 mm of rain, 219 days above 25 °C and 7 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 173,677 · 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 44 °C
Coldest month January 4.1 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 38 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 50 °C
Coldest on record January -4.1 °C

What to expectBayjī through the year

Bayjī has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 44 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 219 days a year reach 25 °C, 183 of them reach 30 °C, 7 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 38 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.8 °C	38 mm	42 %
February	16.4 °C	32 mm	38 %
March	21.9 °C	34 mm	37 %
April	28.4 °C	21 mm	35 %
May	35.2 °C	6 mm	25 %
June	40.6 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	43.5 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	43.3 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	38.8 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	31.9 °C	16 mm	23 %
November	21.7 °C	24 mm	33 %
December	15.5 °C	35 mm	43 %

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	13.8 °C	4.1 °C	8.7 °C	24.9 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	3
February	16.4 °C	5.4 °C	10.9 °C	28.4 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	2
March	21.9 °C	9.4 °C	15.9 °C	37.1 °C	-0.4 °C	7	1	0
April	28.4 °C	14.9 °C	22.2 °C	40.6 °C	3.4 °C	23	11	0
May	35.2 °C	21.2 °C	28.8 °C	45.7 °C	12.2 °C	31	27	0
June	40.6 °C	26.6 °C	34.2 °C	47.8 °C	19.8 °C	30	30	0
July	43.5 °C	29.5 °C	37.0 °C	49.9 °C	21.7 °C	31	31	0
August	43.3 °C	29.1 °C	36.6 °C	49.9 °C	23.5 °C	31	31	0
September	38.8 °C	24.6 °C	32.1 °C	46.7 °C	13.8 °C	30	30	0
October	31.9 °C	18.9 °C	25.5 °C	40.6 °C	8.8 °C	29	22	0
November	21.7 °C	10.7 °C	16.0 °C	33.1 °C	0.5 °C	7	0	0
December	15.5 °C	5.8 °C	10.4 °C	27.3 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	38 mm	6	10 h/day	42 %	74 %	15 km/h
February	32 mm	6	11 h/day	38 %	66 %	17 km/h
March	34 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	52 %	19 km/h
April	21 mm	4	13 h/day	35 %	40 %	20 km/h
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	25 %	26 %	22 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	17 %	23 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	17 %	23 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	18 %	21 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	21 %	19 km/h
October	16 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	33 %	17 km/h
November	24 mm	4	10 h/day	33 %	56 %	15 km/h
December	35 mm	6	9.8 h/day	43 %	70 %	15 km/h

How Bayjī 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
Bayjī	44 °C	4.1 °C	207 mm	219
Ash Sharqāt · Iraq	43 °C	3.2 °C	234 mm	209
Sāmarrā’ · Iraq	44 °C	4.4 °C	180 mm	227
Kirkuk · Iraq	43 °C	3.6 °C	463 mm	203
Erbil · Iraq	41 °C	1.3 °C	536 mm	191
Mosul · Iraq	43 °C	2.9 °C	380 mm	197
Baqubah · Iraq	45 °C	5.6 °C	188 mm	233

Where Bayjī ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	10thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	13thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	13thof 50	98/100
The warmest places in Asia in July	21stof 50	44 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	21stof 50	44 °C
The warmest places in Asia in August	22ndof 50	43 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bayjī’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bayjī?

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 Bayjī get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 44 °C. About 183 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 4.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 7 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bayjī?

January, averaging 38 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 207 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 Bayjī 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.