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Iraq
About 38.4M people live in Iraq, on 437,072 km² in 19 regions; the capital is Baghdad. The highest summit is Cheekha Dar (3,611 m).
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
Best weather in OctoberSulaymaniyah 85
October: highs26° – 36°
Rain this month, on average16mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Feb–Mar · Nov.
Iraq at a glance
The atlas follows 21,183 places here month by month, with 18 mountains and 21 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are February, March and November.
Baghdad now30°CSunny · 16:31Sunrise · sunset06:13 · 17:22BaghdadNext holiday1 JanuaryNew Year's DayEarthquakes0in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Travel adviceUS 4UK 3Do not travel
21,183places in 19 regions18summits, highest Cheekha Dar21monuments18museums9lakes2festivals3,523huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Iraq's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+732%5.65M in 1950 → 47M in 2025 → 71.9M in 2050Iraq · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$14,3002025 · 111/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy72.42024 · 130/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities70 %2025 · 90/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet81 %2024 · 96/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman3.222024 · 47/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover2 %2024 · 186/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Iraq
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Iraq
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
56OctoberBaghdad
Feb · Nov–Dec
34° / 17°9 mm
65OctoberKirkuk
Mar · Nov–Dec
32° / 20°34 mm
55OctoberNajaf
Feb · Nov–Dec
35° / 20°6 mm
57OctoberKarbala
Mar · Nov–Dec
34° / 20°6 mm
66OctoberRamadi
Feb–Mar · Nov
32° / 18°7 mm
62OctoberMosul
Mar–Apr · Nov
32° / 15°23 mm
54OctoberNasiriyah
Feb–Mar · Dec
36° / 21°7 mm
56OctoberSadr City
Feb · Nov–Dec
34° / 17°9 mm
19 regions
Salah ad Din2,409 places · Samarra
Babil2,407 places · Hillah
Sulaymaniyah2,013 places · 1 summits · Sulaymaniyah
Diyala1,905 places · Baqubah
Nineveh1,728 places · 2 summits · Mosul
Baghdad1,573 places · Baghdad
Erbil1,283 places · 5 summits · Erbil
Al-Qadisiyah1,209 places · Al Diwaniyah
Dhi Qar1,118 places · Nasiriyah
Wasit882 places · Aş Şuwayrah
Kirkuk850 places · Kirkuk
Anbar756 places · Ramadi
Maysan732 places · Amarah
Duhok628 places · 1 summits · Duhok
Basra529 places · 1 summits · Basrah
Najaf462 places · 1 summits · Najaf
Muthanna368 places · Ar Rumaythah
Karbala330 places · Karbala
Halabja1 places · Halabja
Iraq from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Iraq
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Nature in Iraq
Summit3,611 m
Cheekha Dar
Summit3,607 m
Halgurd
Summit3,587 m
Kuhe Haji Ebrahim
Lake
Lake Dukan
Lake
Lake Qadisiyah
Lake
Mosul ReservoirWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Iraq
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Iraq
21 monuments and 18 museums; the best known first.
UrBuilt 3799 BC
NimrudBuilt 1300 BC
Wadi-us-SalaamBuilt 1873
AmediBuilt 3000 BC
Great Mosque of al-NuriBuilt 1172 · Islamic
Samarra
Museum
National Museum of IraqBuilt 1926
Museum
Kurdish Textile and Cultural MuseumBuilt 2004The festival year
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What's on in Iraq
The ground and the sky in Iraq
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 195027magnitude 5+, of them 1 of 6+StrongestM6.1Khanaqin 44 km ↘ · 1967Deadliest70,000deaths · 847The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · BaghdadNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~19 an hour21 October · BaghdadNorthern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here
Getting to Iraq
5 large airports, 90 railway stations, 7 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air BaseBGW · Baghdad
18 kmKirkuk International AirportKIK · Kirkuk
3.9 kmAl Najaf International AirportNJF · Najaf
6.8 kmErbil International AirportEBL · Mosul
75 kmBasra International AirportBSR · Nasiriyah
146 kmمحطة بغداد العالميةBaghdad
2.6 kmمحطة قطار كربلاءKarbala
8.6 kmمحطة قطار الرمادي الشرقRamadi
1.5 kmمحطة سكة حديد الموصلMosul
0.5 kmمحطة قطار الناصريةNasiriyah
4.7 kmمحطة قطار المعقلBasrah
5.8 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCG230 V
Emergency104Calling code +964
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyIraqi DinarIQD
LanguagesArabic · Kurdish
Local time16:31Baghdad