Weather in Basra

Calculated from weather data of Basra International Airport (ORMM) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.7	22.1	16.5	18.0	20.3	19.6
February	22.2	21.6	21.0	23.1	23.3	22.6
March	27.4	26.0	27.5	26.5	27.8	27.6
April	33.7		33.2	35.2	36.2	33.2
May	40.4		39.3	39.1	43.0	40.2
June	46.1		45.3	46.7	47.0	45.6
July	48.0		48.2	46.5	48.5	49.1
August	47.5		47.8	47.7	47.5	45.7
September	44.7		45.1	44.1	43.2	45.7
October	37.3		37.1	38.7	37.6	37.7
November	27.3		27.1	28.6	28.6	27.1
December	21.7		23.6	23.1	21.3	19.3
Average	33.4	23.3	34.5	35.2	35.4	34.5

1st 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	7.3	9	8	6	8	8
February	9.4	10	9	10	11	9
March	13.6	13	14	12	13	15
April	20.0		19	19	20	23
May	24.7		25	23	26	25
June	27.2		27	29	25	27
July	28.8		24	30	28	32
August	26.8		27	29	26	25
September	23.4		22	21	22	25
October	18.9		20	19	17	16
November	14.2		14	15	12	16
December	9.6		11	12	9	10
Average	17.7	10.7	18.2	19.2	18.0	19.3

5th 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	3	220	222	226	224
25 °C or warmer	19	262	270	277	261
20 °C or warmer	74	308	317	333	312
0 °C or colder	0	0	1	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.8	2	6	2	1	1
February	1.4	3	0	1	1	0
March	1.1	4	2	0	0	1
April	0.2		1	0	0	1
May	0.0		0	0	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	0.2		0	0	0	0
November	1.4		3	1	0	1
December	0.7		0	0	1	2
Average	0.8	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.4

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	17.2	21	14	16	16	16
February	17.5	18	17	17	16	19
March	19.1	21	18	18	20	18
April	19.1		19	17	21	20
May	19.2		21	21	17	22
June	26.0		29	21	30	26
July	23.8		24	24	20	21
August	19.8		20	18	19	22
September	17.8		19	17	22	19
October	14.4		16	13	17	13
November	15.1		16	15	15	16
December	15.1		13	16	15	16
Average	19.0	19.9	19.1	17.8	19.3	18.7

1st 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	NW	W	W	SW	W
February	NW	W	W	W	SE
March	W	S	W	W	W
April		W	W	W	N
May		W	W	W	W
June		W	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	NW
August		W	W	W	W
September		NW	W	W	SW
October		NW	SW	W	W
November		W	NW	W	SE
December		NW	NW	SW	W

Prevailing wind direction

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

Basra weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Basra?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 48 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Basra?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 20 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Basra?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 1.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Basra?

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