Mosul climate

Name: Mosul
Address: IQ

Mosul is warmest in July, with average highs of 43 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.9 °C. January is the wettest month (69 mm) and August the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mosul averages 380 mm of rain, 197 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 1,683,000 · 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 2.9 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 69 mm
Least cloud August 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 49 °C
Coldest on record January -5.3 °C

What to expectMosul through the year

Mosul has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 43 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 197 days a year reach 25 °C, 164 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 69 mm against 0 mm in August — 649 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.2 °C	69 mm	49 %
February	14.1 °C	62 mm	46 %
March	18.9 °C	62 mm	43 %
April	25.1 °C	41 mm	40 %
May	32.4 °C	16 mm	29 %
June	39.0 °C	1 mm	6 %
July	42.6 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	42.2 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	37.2 °C	1 mm	4 %
October	29.8 °C	18 mm	25 %
November	19.9 °C	49 mm	38 %
December	13.9 °C	61 mm	48 %

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	12.2 °C	2.9 °C	7.2 °C	22.1 °C	-5.3 °C	0	0	5
February	14.1 °C	3.7 °C	8.7 °C	23.9 °C	-4.9 °C	0	0	3
March	18.9 °C	7.2 °C	13.0 °C	33.0 °C	-1.5 °C	2	0	1
April	25.1 °C	11.9 °C	18.7 °C	39.8 °C	2.1 °C	14	4	0
May	32.4 °C	17.7 °C	25.5 °C	42.5 °C	9.9 °C	29	22	0
June	39.0 °C	23.6 °C	32.0 °C	46.1 °C	17.1 °C	30	30	0
July	42.6 °C	27.2 °C	35.6 °C	48.8 °C	20.5 °C	31	31	0
August	42.2 °C	26.9 °C	35.0 °C	48.5 °C	21.2 °C	31	31	0
September	37.2 °C	22.4 °C	30.0 °C	44.5 °C	13.1 °C	30	29	0
October	29.8 °C	17.0 °C	23.2 °C	39.0 °C	8.0 °C	27	16	0
November	19.9 °C	9.7 °C	14.4 °C	30.3 °C	0.1 °C	3	0	0
December	13.9 °C	4.9 °C	9.0 °C	27.0 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	69 mm	9	10.0 h/day	49 %	76 %	11 km/h
February	62 mm	9	11 h/day	46 %	73 %	12 km/h
March	62 mm	8	12 h/day	43 %	67 %	13 km/h
April	41 mm	6	13 h/day	40 %	58 %	15 km/h
May	16 mm	3	14 h/day	29 %	40 %	16 km/h
June	1 mm	0	15 h/day	6 %	23 %	16 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	20 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	21 %	15 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	27 %	14 km/h
October	18 mm	3	11 h/day	25 %	42 %	12 km/h
November	49 mm	6	10 h/day	38 %	64 %	11 km/h
December	61 mm	8	9.7 h/day	48 %	74 %	11 km/h

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

Where Mosul ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in July	27thof 50	43 °C
The warmest places in the world in July	28thof 50	43 °C
The warmest places in Asia in August	33rdof 50	42 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	33rdof 50	42 °C
The driest places in Asia in August	45thof 50	0.1 mm
The warmest places in Asia in September	48thof 50	37 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mosul’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mosul?

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

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 43 °C. About 164 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Mosul?

January, averaging 69 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 380 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 Mosul 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.