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Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Al Kūt Iraq

In Al Kūt, the summers are long, sweltering, arid, windy, and clear and the winters are cool, dry, and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 45°F to 114°F and is rarely below 37°F or above 120°F.

Based on the beach/pool score, the best times of year to visit Al Kūt for hot-weather activities are from mid April to mid May and from mid September to late October.

Climate in Al Kūt

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Al Kūt weather by month. Click on each chart for more information.

The hot season lasts for 4.0 months, from May 24 to September 23, with an average daily high temperature above 104°F. The hottest month of the year in Al Kūt is July, with an average high of 114°F and low of 87°F.

The cool season lasts for 3.4 months, from November 24 to March 4, with an average daily high temperature below 75°F. The coldest month of the year in Al Kūt is January, with an average low of 45°F and high of 65°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in Al Kūt

Average High and Low Temperature in Al KūthotcoolcoolJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°F120°F120°FJan 1165°FJan 1165°FJul 29114°FJul 29114°F45°F45°F88°F88°FMay 24104°FMay 24104°FSep 23104°FSep 23104°FNov 2475°FNov 2475°FMar 475°FMar 475°F78°F78°F77°F77°F53°F53°F54°F54°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
AverageJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
High 65°F70°F78°F90°F101°F109°F114°F113°F107°F96°F79°F68°F
Temp. 54°F59°F67°F79°F89°F97°F101°F100°F93°F84°F67°F57°F
Low 45°F50°F57°F66°F75°F82°F87°F86°F78°F71°F57°F48°F

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the entire year of hourly average temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day of the year, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in Al Kūt

Average Hourly Temperature in Al KūtJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMNowNowcoldcoldcoldcoolcoolwarmwarmhotswelteringcoldcomfortablecomfortablesweltering
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

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In Al Kūt, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Al Kūt begins around May 22 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 12.

The clearest month of the year in Al Kūt is July, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 12 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 22.

The cloudiest month of the year in Al Kūt is December, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 34% of the time.

Cloud Cover Categories in Al Kūt

Cloud Cover Categories in Al KūtclearercloudiercloudierJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%Jun 30100%Jun 30100%Dec 1865%Dec 1865%May 2282%May 2282%Oct 1283%Oct 1283%NowNowclearovercastmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
FractionJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Cloudier 30%28%28%30%22%3%1%1%2%20%32%34%
Clearer 70%72%72%70%78%97%99%99%98%80%68%66%

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Al Kūt varies throughout the year.

The wetter season lasts 6.6 months, from October 23 to May 10, with a greater than 7% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Al Kūt is January, with an average of 4.1 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

The drier season lasts 5.4 months, from May 10 to October 23. The month with the fewest wet days in Al Kūt is July, with an average of 0.1 days with at least 0.04 inches of precipitation.

Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Al Kūt is January, with an average of 4.0 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 14% on January 17.

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Al Kūt

Daily Chance of Precipitation in Al KūtwetwetdryJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Jan 1714%Jan 1714%Jul 210%Jul 210%Oct 237%Oct 237%May 107%May 107%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Days ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rain 4.0d3.8d4.0d3.1d1.5d0.2d0.1d0.1d0.2d1.6d3.2d3.7d

To show variation within the months and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day of the year. Al Kūt experiences some seasonal variation in monthly rainfall.

The rainy period of the year lasts for 6.3 months, from October 22 to April 30, with a sliding 31-day rainfall of at least 0.5 inches. The month with the most rain in Al Kūt is January, with an average rainfall of 1.1 inches.

The rainless period of the year lasts for 5.7 months, from April 30 to October 22. The month with the least rain in Al Kūt is July, with an average rainfall of 0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in Al Kūt

Average Monthly Rainfall in Al KūtrainrainJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 inJan 311.1 inJan 311.1 inAug 40.0 inAug 40.0 inNov 230.9 inNov 230.9 inApr 300.5 inApr 300.5 inNowNow
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Rainfall 1.1″1.0″1.0″0.7″0.2″0.0″0.0″0.0″0.1″0.4″0.9″0.9″

The length of the day in Al Kūt varies significantly over the course of the year. In 2024, the shortest day is December 21, with 10 hours, 1 minute of daylight; the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 17 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Al Kūt

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in Al KūtJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hr12 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2014 hr, 17 minJun 2014 hr, 17 minJun 2012 hr, 8 minSep 2212 hr, 8 minSep 2210 hr, 1 minDec 2110 hr, 1 minDec 21nightnightdayNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Hours ofJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight 10.3h11.0h12.0h13.0h13.8h14.3h14.0h13.3h12.3h11.4h10.5h10.1h

The earliest sunrise is at 4:48 AM on June 12, and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 11 minutes later at 6:59 AM on January 9. The earliest sunset is at 4:50 PM on December 3, and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 17 minutes later at 7:08 PM on June 29.

Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed in Al Kūt during 2024.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Al Kūt

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in Al KūtJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMJun 124:48 AMJun 124:48 AM7:08 PMJun 297:08 PMJun 29Dec 34:50 PMDec 34:50 PM6:59 AMJan 96:59 AMJan 9daynightnightnightSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of the year 2024. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Al Kūt

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in Al KūtJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AM000010101010202020203030303040404050505060607080000010101010202020203030303040404050506060707034NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of the year 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in Al Kūt

The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The perceived humidity level in Al Kūt, as measured by the percentage of time in which the humidity comfort level is muggy, oppressive, or miserable, does not vary significantly over the course of the year, staying within 1% of 1% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in Al Kūt

Humidity Comfort Levels in Al KūtJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%Feb 60%Feb 60%Nov 102%Nov 102%NowNowdrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Muggy days 0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.0d0.1d0.3d0.5d0.1d

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Al Kūt experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The windier part of the year lasts for 3.4 months, from May 26 to September 8, with average wind speeds of more than 10.7 miles per hour. The windiest month of the year in Al Kūt is June, with an average hourly wind speed of 12.9 miles per hour.

The calmer time of year lasts for 8.5 months, from September 8 to May 26. The calmest month of the year in Al Kūt is January, with an average hourly wind speed of 7.8 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in Al Kūt

Average Wind Speed in Al KūtwindyJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mph18 mph18 mph20 mph20 mphJun 2613.7 mphJun 2613.7 mphJan 137.7 mphJan 137.7 mphMay 2610.7 mphMay 2610.7 mphSep 810.7 mphSep 810.7 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Wind Speed (mph) 7.88.48.78.89.912.912.911.910.28.68.07.9

The predominant average hourly wind direction in Al Kūt varies throughout the year.

The wind is most often from the north for 4.9 months, from February 1 to June 29 and for 5.0 months, from July 22 to December 21, with a peak percentage of 62% on September 11. The wind is most often from the west for 3.3 weeks, from June 29 to July 22 and for 1.3 months, from December 21 to February 1, with a peak percentage of 50% on July 7.

Wind Direction in Al Kūt

Wind Direction in Al KūtWNWNJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%NowNoweastnorthwestsouth
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Al Kūt throughout the year, we compute two travel scores.

The tourism score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 65°F and 80°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Al Kūt for general outdoor tourist activities are from late February to mid April and from late October to late November, with a peak score in the third week of March.

Tourism Score in Al Kūt

Tourism Score in Al Kūtbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810107.67.63.33.37.37.34.94.9NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationtourism score
The tourism score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with perceived temperatures between 75°F and 90°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Al Kūt for hot-weather activities are from mid April to mid May and from mid September to late October, with a peak score in the second week of October.

Beach/Pool Score in Al Kūt

Beach/Pool Score in Al Kūtbest timeJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec002244668810108.08.00.50.57.47.45.05.0NowNowtemperaturetemperature cloudscloudsprecipitationprecipitationbeach/pool score
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Methodology

For each hour between 8:00 AM and 9:00 PM of each day in the analysis period (1980 to 2016), independent scores are computed for perceived temperature, cloud cover, and total precipitation. Those scores are combined into a single hourly composite score, which is then aggregated into days, averaged over all the years in the analysis period, and smoothed.

Our cloud cover score is 10 for fully clear skies, falling linearly to 9 for mostly clear skies, and to 1 for fully overcast skies.

Our precipitation score, which is based on the three-hour precipitation centered on the hour in question, is 10 for no precipitation, falling linearly to 9 for trace precipitation, and to 0 for 0.04 inches of precipitation or more.

Our tourism temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 50°F, rising linearly to 9 for 65°F, to 10 for 75°F, falling linearly to 9 for 80°F, and to 1 for 90°F or hotter.

Our beach/pool temperature score is 0 for perceived temperatures below 65°F, rising linearly to 9 for 75°F, to 10 for 82°F, falling linearly to 9 for 90°F, and to 1 for 100°F or hotter.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Al Kūt are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Al Kūt

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in Al Kūtgrowing seasonJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%90%Jan 1790%Jan 1790%Dec 3090%Dec 30Jul 8100%Jul 8100%NowNowcoldcoolwarmhotswelteringvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

Growing Degree Days in Al Kūt

Growing Degree Days in Al KūtJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0°F0°F1,000°F1,000°F2,000°F2,000°F3,000°F3,000°F4,000°F4,000°F5,000°F5,000°F6,000°F6,000°F7,000°F7,000°F8,000°F8,000°F9,000°F9,000°FJan 1690°FJan 1690°FMar 25900°FMar 25900°FDec 318,856°FDec 318,856°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the year, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy experiences extreme seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The brighter period of the year lasts for 3.4 months, from May 13 to August 25, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter above 7.3 kWh. The brightest month of the year in Al Kūt is June, with an average of 8.3 kWh.

The darker period of the year lasts for 3.2 months, from November 1 to February 8, with an average daily incident shortwave energy per square meter below 4.0 kWh. The darkest month of the year in Al Kūt is December, with an average of 3.0 kWh.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Al Kūt

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in Al KūtbrightdarkdarkJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhJun 208.4 kWhJun 208.4 kWhDec 232.9 kWhDec 232.9 kWhMay 137.3 kWhMay 137.3 kWhAug 257.3 kWhAug 257.3 kWhNov 14.0 kWhNov 14.0 kWhFeb 84.0 kWhFeb 84.0 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Solar Energy (kWh) 3.34.35.56.57.48.38.07.56.54.83.63.0

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Al Kūt are 32.513 deg latitude, 45.818 deg longitude, and 72 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Al Kūt is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 62 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 65 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (135 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,270 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Al Kūt is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and cropland (17%), within 10 miles by bare soil (46%) and cropland (39%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (36%) and cropland (32%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Al Kūt, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Ilam, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Al Kūt.

At a distance of 6 kilometers from Al Kūt, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Al Kūt according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands.

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