Najaf climate

Name: Najaf
Address: IQ

Najaf is warmest in August, with average highs of 44 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.0 °C. January is the wettest month (19 mm) and July the driest (0.00 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Najaf averages 93 mm of rain, 239 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.

Iraq · population 482,576 · 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 44 °C
Coldest month January 5.0 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 19 mm
Least cloud July 2 % cloud
Hottest on record August 52 °C
Coldest on record February -4.5 °C

What to expectNajaf through the year

Najaf has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 44 °C in August, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 239 days a year reach 25 °C, 202 of them reach 30 °C, 4 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 19 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.3 °C	19 mm	34 %
February	19.3 °C	13 mm	29 %
March	25.0 °C	11 mm	29 %
April	31.3 °C	11 mm	28 %
May	37.7 °C	3 mm	23 %
June	42.0 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	44.2 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
August	44.3 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
September	40.6 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	34.2 °C	3 mm	18 %
November	23.8 °C	16 mm	31 %
December	17.8 °C	16 mm	36 %

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	16.3 °C	5.0 °C	10.5 °C	26.9 °C	-3.7 °C	0	0	2
February	19.3 °C	6.6 °C	13.1 °C	31.9 °C	-4.5 °C	2	0	1
March	25.0 °C	11.1 °C	18.5 °C	41.7 °C	1.0 °C	14	4	0
April	31.3 °C	16.7 °C	24.6 °C	43.5 °C	2.9 °C	28	18	0
May	37.7 °C	22.7 °C	30.9 °C	46.9 °C	13.8 °C	31	30	0
June	42.0 °C	26.9 °C	35.1 °C	49.3 °C	20.2 °C	30	30	0
July	44.2 °C	29.2 °C	37.2 °C	51.0 °C	22.7 °C	31	31	0
August	44.3 °C	28.7 °C	37.1 °C	51.5 °C	21.4 °C	31	31	0
September	40.6 °C	24.9 °C	33.2 °C	48.9 °C	17.1 °C	30	30	0
October	34.2 °C	19.6 °C	27.0 °C	43.4 °C	9.7 °C	30	27	0
November	23.8 °C	11.6 °C	17.7 °C	36.2 °C	-1.3 °C	12	2	0
December	17.8 °C	6.6 °C	12.1 °C	27.3 °C	-2.7 °C	1	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	19 mm	4	10 h/day	34 %	67 %	17 km/h
February	13 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	54 %	19 km/h
March	11 mm	2	12 h/day	29 %	39 %	21 km/h
April	11 mm	2	13 h/day	28 %	32 %	21 km/h
May	3 mm	0	14 h/day	23 %	22 %	22 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	17 %	24 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	17 %	25 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	2 %	18 %	23 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	22 %	19 km/h
October	3 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	32 %	17 km/h
November	16 mm	2	11 h/day	31 %	53 %	16 km/h
December	16 mm	3	10 h/day	36 %	65 %	16 km/h

How Najaf 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
Najaf	44 °C	5.0 °C	93 mm	239
Al Hillah · Iraq	45 °C	6.1 °C	112 mm	242
Al Diwaniyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.1 °C	107 mm	247
Karbala · Iraq	44 °C	6.0 °C	105 mm	233
Baghdad · Iraq	45 °C	5.9 °C	150 mm	237
Al-Kut · Iraq	46 °C	6.6 °C	172 mm	243
Ramadi · Iraq	43 °C	5.1 °C	117 mm	227

Where Najaf ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in July	10thof 50	0.00 mm
The warmest places in Asia in August	14thof 50	44 °C
The warmest places in Asia in September	14thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in August	14thof 50	44 °C
The warmest places in the world in September	14thof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Asia in July	15thof 50	44 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Najaf’s climate

When is the best time to visit Najaf?

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 Najaf get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 44 °C. About 202 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 5.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Najaf?

January, averaging 19 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 93 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 Najaf 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.