Khānaqīn climate

Name: Khānaqīn
Address: IQ

Khānaqīn is warmest in July, with average highs of 44 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.5 °C. January is the wettest month (80 mm) and August the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Khānaqīn averages 402 mm of rain, 218 days above 25 °C and 5 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 175,000 · 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 44 °C
Coldest month January 4.5 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 80 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record August 50 °C
Coldest on record February -4.4 °C

What to expectKhānaqīn through the year

Khānaqīn 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, 218 days a year reach 25 °C, 184 of them reach 30 °C, 5 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 50 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 80 mm against 0 mm in August — 4,780 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.4 °C	80 mm	43 %
February	16.2 °C	60 mm	40 %
March	21.3 °C	66 mm	39 %
April	27.9 °C	38 mm	37 %
May	35.2 °C	9 mm	26 %
June	41.0 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	43.8 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	43.7 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	39.3 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	32.4 °C	18 mm	23 %
November	22.2 °C	59 mm	34 %
December	16.3 °C	72 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	14.4 °C	4.5 °C	9.2 °C	24.7 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	3
February	16.2 °C	5.4 °C	10.8 °C	27.9 °C	-4.4 °C	0	0	2
March	21.3 °C	9.0 °C	15.4 °C	36.7 °C	-0.8 °C	6	1	0
April	27.9 °C	14.2 °C	21.5 °C	41.4 °C	2.9 °C	21	9	0
May	35.2 °C	20.3 °C	28.6 °C	44.9 °C	10.3 °C	31	27	0
June	41.0 °C	25.4 °C	34.1 °C	47.8 °C	18.6 °C	30	30	0
July	43.8 °C	28.6 °C	37.0 °C	49.6 °C	22.1 °C	31	31	0
August	43.7 °C	28.3 °C	36.7 °C	49.7 °C	23.0 °C	31	31	0
September	39.3 °C	23.8 °C	32.1 °C	47.2 °C	13.9 °C	30	30	0
October	32.4 °C	18.6 °C	25.7 °C	40.6 °C	10.3 °C	30	23	0
November	22.2 °C	10.9 °C	16.4 °C	34.0 °C	0.6 °C	8	1	0
December	16.3 °C	6.4 °C	11.0 °C	28.5 °C	-3.9 °C	1	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	80 mm	9	10 h/day	43 %	72 %	15 km/h
February	60 mm	8	11 h/day	40 %	68 %	17 km/h
March	66 mm	7	12 h/day	39 %	57 %	19 km/h
April	38 mm	5	13 h/day	37 %	45 %	20 km/h
May	9 mm	2	14 h/day	26 %	28 %	20 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	16 %	20 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 %	19 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	19 %	18 km/h
October	18 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	30 %	17 km/h
November	59 mm	6	10 h/day	34 %	56 %	15 km/h
December	72 mm	7	9.9 h/day	43 %	70 %	14 km/h

How Khānaqīn 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
Khānaqīn	44 °C	4.5 °C	402 mm	218
Kelar · Iraq	44 °C	4.5 °C	487 mm	214
Al Miqdādīyah · Iraq	45 °C	5.6 °C	268 mm	229
Baqubah · Iraq	45 °C	5.6 °C	188 mm	233
Sulaymaniyah · Iraq	39 °C	-1.4 °C	712 mm	172
Sāmarrā’ · Iraq	44 °C	4.4 °C	180 mm	227
Baghdad · Iraq	45 °C	5.9 °C	150 mm	237

Where Khānaqīn ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in November	13th of 50	97/100
The driest places in Asia in August	13th of 50	0.02 mm
The warmest places in Asia in July	17th of 50	44 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	17th of 50	44 °C
The warmest places in Asia in August	18th of 50	44 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	18th of 50	44 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Khānaqīn’s climate

When is the best time to visit Khānaqīn?

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 Khānaqīn get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 44 °C. About 184 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 4.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 5 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Khānaqīn?

January, averaging 80 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 402 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 Khānaqīn 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: 34.348°, 45.391° (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.