Ideal weather days in Baghdad
The best time to visit Baghdad for warm, dry weather is March, November and December, with 22 to 26 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at Baghdad's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in March, November and December.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in Baghdad, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too hot176
- Too cold32
- Too windy22
- Too wet18
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), Baghdad averaged 142 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in Iraq, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in April and October (up to 12 a month, 46 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in December and January (up to 22 a month, 83 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too hot (over 33 °C): 176 a year, mostly in May to September. Another 32 are too cold (a high under 18 °C), mostly in December, January and February. A day can fail more than one test.
Baghdad weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 °C 65 °F | 3 | 1 | 17 | 19 of 31 |
| February | 19 °C 66 °F | 4 | 1 | 14 | 15 of 28 |
| March | 25 °C 76 °F | 6 | 1 | 12 | 25 of 31 |
| April | 33 °C 91 °F | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 of 30 |
| May | 38 °C 100 °F | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 of 31 |
| June | 44 °C 110 °F | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 of 30 |
| July | 46 °C 115 °F | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 of 31 |
| August | 47 °C 116 °F | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 of 31 |
| September | 42 °C 107 °F | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 of 30 |
| October | 34 °C 93 °F | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 of 31 |
| November | 25 °C 76 °F | 2 | 1 | 12 | 26 of 30 |
| December | 20 °C 68 °F | 2 | 1 | 23 | 22 of 31 |
| Year | 21 | 22 | 241 | 142 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 142 warm, dry days
- 2024 148 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit Baghdad for good weather?
The best time to visit Baghdad for warm, dry weather is March, November and December, with 22 to 26 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in April and October (up to 12 a month, 46 a year). Counted from measured days at Baghdad International Airport station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in Baghdad?
On average 21 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was March (6 rain days), the driest July (0).
How many sunny days does Baghdad get a year?
About 241 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in July (31).
How warm does Baghdad get?
The median daily high ranged from 19 °C (65 °F) in January to 47 °C (116 °F) in August.
Nearby
- Isfahan680 km, Iran147 days
- Tehran700 km, Iran125 days
- Yerevan760 km, Armenia139 days
- Shiraz880 km, Iran148 days
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Source: Baghdad International Airport weather station (40650099999), 14 km from the centre of Baghdad, 35 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 86% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.