Weather in Basra

Calculated from weather data of Basra International Airport (ORMM) between 2021 and 2025.

Maximum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	68.0	69.0	72.0	62.0	64.0	69.0
February	72.0	68.0	71.0	70.0	74.0	74.0
March	81.0	80.0	79.0	82.0	80.0	82.0
April	93.0		93.0	92.0	96.0	97.0
May	104.0		101.0	103.0	102.0	109.0
June	115.0		116.0	114.0	116.0	117.0
July	118.0		116.0	119.0	116.0	119.0
August	117.0		117.0	118.0	118.0	118.0
September	112.0		110.0	113.0	111.0	110.0
October	99.0		94.0	99.0	102.0	100.0
November	81.0		82.0	81.0	83.0	83.0
December	71.0		70.0	75.0	74.0	70.0
Average	92.0	72.0	94.0	94.0	95.0	96.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	45.0	42	48	46	43	46
February	48.0	40	51	48	50	52
March	56.0	50	55	57	54	55
April	68.0		65	66	67	68
May	76.0		73	76	74	79
June	81.0		81	80	83	78
July	84.0		83	76	86	82
August	81.0		84	80	85	79
September	74.0		74	72	70	71
October	66.0		64	67	67	63
November	58.0		57	58	60	54
December	48.0		40	51	54	47
Average	63.0	44.0	64.0	65.0	67.0	65.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
86 °F or warmer	7	205	220	222	226
77 °F or warmer	20	258	262	270	277
68 °F or warmer	55	332	308	317	333
32 °F or colder	5	3	0	1	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	1.6	0	2	6	2	1
February	1.3	0	3	0	1	1
March	1.0	0	4	2	0	0
April	0.4		2	1	0	0
May	0.1		1	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		1	3	1	0
December	0.7		1	0	0	1
Average	0.5	0.2	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.2

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 (miles per hour)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	10.6	10	13	9	10	10
February	11.0	12	11	11	10	10
March	12.0	13	13	11	11	13
April	12.1		14	12	10	13
May	12.4		15	13	13	10
June	15.8		14	18	13	19
July	15.1		17	15	15	12
August	12.7		15	12	11	12
September	11.5		14	12	11	13
October	9.2		11	10	8	11
November	9.8		13	10	9	10
December	9.7		12	8	10	9
Average	11.9	11.7	13.7	11.8	11.0	11.9

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	NW	NW	W	W	SW
February	NW	NW	W	W	W
March	NW	W	S	W	W
April		N	W	W	W
May		NW	W	W	W
June		NW	W	W	W
July		NW	W	W	W
August		NW	W	W	W
September		NW	NW	W	W
October		NW	NW	SW	W
November		NW	W	NW	W
December		NW	NW	NW	SW

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 118 °F over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Basra?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 68 °F 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 1.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Basra?

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