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Iraq climate

Hot dry summers, cool wet winters. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Baghdad · Mosul · Erbil · Basrah · Karbala · Sadr City

Browse all 24 cities in Iraq

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BWh

Hot desert

18 cities

Baghdadpop 7.2M Basrahpop 1.3M Karbalapop 1.2M Sadr Citypop 1.2M Abū Ghuraybpop 900k Nasiriyahpop 558k Najafpop 483k Al Hillahpop 456k Abū al-Kahṣībpop 358k Al Maḩmūdīyahpop 350k Al ‘Amārahpop 323k Al Diwaniyahpop 319k

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Csa

Hot-summer Mediterranean

5 cities

Mosulpop 1.7M Kirkukpop 1.0M Sulaymaniyahpop 878k Dihokpop 341k Kelarpop 250k

BSk

Cold semi-arid

1 city

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Iraq.

Hot-summer MediterraneanCsa

Cold semi-aridBSk

Climate types in Iraq

Iraq spans 3 climate types. All climate types:

BWh Hot desert · 18 cities Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean · 5 cities BSk Cold semi-arid · 1 city

Climate records across Iraq — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Basrah (79.6 °F avg) · Coolest Erbil (52.9 °F avg) · Wettest Dihok (26 in/yr) · Driest Najaf (4 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Iraq sits well between them.