Basra
Elevation 5 m30.52° N, 47.81° E
Do not travel
The governments of Canada and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 14 °C, 4 rain days in the month (33 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 16 °C, 3 rain days in the month (18 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 3 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 27 °C, 2 rain days in the month (8 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 33 °C, 1 rain day in the month (4 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 37 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 45 °C
Mean 38 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 46 °C
Mean 38 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 46 °C
Mean 34 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 43 °C
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 20 °C, 3 rain days in the month (22 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 4 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are February–March, November–December. Avoid April–October (hot, at times extreme heat).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.2 °C; in the last ten years by +1.7 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+2.5 °C), coldest: 1972 (−1.3 °C).
April and August warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.5 °C), November the least (+0.8 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 26 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 5 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +5 % every ten years.