Weather in Baghdad

Calculated from weather data of Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (ORBI) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.1	19.6	15.6	15.9	19.0	16.5
February	19.1	19.3	18.6	20.8	20.6	18.3
March	23.7	23.8	24.3	22.0	24.5	23.8
April	30.3	33.2	29.1	31.5	32.8	30.0
May	36.8		35.6	34.8	39.7	37.3
June	42.1		40.6	42.7	42.2	41.7
July	45.2		45.7	44.2	45.8	46.5
August	44.8		45.7	45.0	45.2	43.1
September	41.6		41.8	41.2	39.6	43.1
October	34.0		33.3	35.2	34.1	35.1
November	24.5		25.3	24.8	25.8	24.3
December	18.9		20.3	19.8	18.6	18.1
Average	30.5	24.0	30.9	31.9	32.4	31.5

3rd highest temperature of Iraq

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.6	8	7	4	5	6
February	7.3	8	6	8	8	7
March	11.6	11	13	9	12	13
April	16.3	18	16	17	17	17
May	21.6		21	21	23	21
June	25.8		26	26	25	25
July	28.5		28	28	29	29
August	28.1		29	29	27	27
September	24.4		24	25	24	25
October	19.1		20	19	18	17
November	12.5		13	13	12	14
December	8.2		9	10	7	7
Average	16.6	11.2	17.3	17.5	17.2	17.2

3rd lowest temperature of Iraq

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	23	179	198	205	198
25 °C or warmer	38	220	236	240	236
20 °C or warmer	77	278	288	303	278
0 °C or colder	0	0	5	0	2

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.3	0	7	1	1	4
February	3.7	7	0	1	3	3
March	2.7	4	1	1	1	6
April	2.2	2	2	1	0	1
May	0.8		0	1	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.9		2	1	1	0
November	3.2		3	4	0	2
December	2.0		3	1	1	1
Average	1.6	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.4	13	13	14	13	13
February	13.9	13	14	15	13	14
March	16.3	15	15	17	16	18
April	15.9	16	15	18	17	16
May	16.5		16	19	15	18
June	18.9		15	17	21	19
July	20.1		17	22	17	17
August	18.8		15	21	16	21
September	15.1		13	15	19	14
October	12.6		10	13	14	12
November	12.0		12	11	12	13
December	13.1		11	12	15	11
Average	15.7	14.3	13.9	16.6	15.9	15.7

2nd highest wind speed of Iraq

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	NW	SW	W	S
February	NW	NW	W	NW	SW
March	NW	S	W	W	S
April	N	NW	NW	NW	W
May		NW	NW	W	W
June		NW	NW	NW	NW
July		NW	W	NW	NW
August		NW	NW	W	W
September		NW	NW	NW	NW
October		NW	NW	NW	NW
November		W	NW	NW	W
December		NW	W	W	W

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Baghdad weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Baghdad?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 45 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Baghdad?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 17 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Baghdad?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 3.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Baghdad?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 0.0 %.