Iraq
Do not travel
The governments of Canada and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country.
Read the UK Foreign Office advice (GOV.UK) · checked on 9 November 2026 · how it works
When to go?
Mean 10 °C, 5 rain days in the month (31 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 4 rain days in the month (27 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 17 °C, 4 rain days in the month (35 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 2 rain days in the month (23 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 29 °C, 1 rain day in the month (10 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 33 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 41 °C
Mean 36 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 44 °C
Mean 35 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 44 °C
Mean 31 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 25 °C, 1 rain day in the month (9 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 17 °C, 3 rain days in the month (22 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 4 rain days in the month (26 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are March–April, November. Avoid May–October (hot, at times extreme heat).
Climate zones
- Freezing, dry
- Freezing
- Freezing, wet
- Cold, dry
- Cold
- Cold, wet
- Mild, dry
- Mild
- Mild, wet
- Hot, arid
- Hot
- Hot, wet
- Torrid, arid
- Torrid
- Torrid, wet
Mean maximum and minimum temperature and mean monthly precipitation of the season (the mean of its three months), ERA5-Land 1996–2025, at about 9 km resolution: colours are in levels (the same as the city scale) and smaller details are not real.
What is the climate like?
Area mean indicative, over the whole territory
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
Mean daylight hours over the whole territory.
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Spatial mean over the whole area, weighted by area (cosine of the latitude), not by population: indicative only, since the climate varies a lot within an area (coasts, plains, mountains). Look at the cities for the weather you will find.