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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Chamchamal
Chamchamal climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing27°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation682 mm58 wet days a year
35.53° N, 44.83° EElevation 705 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goChamchamal · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low28° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Chamchamal has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 40° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 27°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 682 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (100 mm, 10 wet days) and August the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 33% in January.
Compared with Baghdad, the capital, Chamchamal is 4.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 33 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 46 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 11° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 29° | 36° | 40° | 40° | 35° | 28° | 19° | 13° |
| Average low | 1° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 24° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 7° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 119 mm | 110 mm | 100 mm | 82 mm | 26 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 45 mm | 94 mm | 104 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.7 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4 | 7 | 7.3 |
| Cloud cover | 33% | 32% | 30% | 28% | 17% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 15% | 25% | 33% |
| Daylight | 10h 01 | 10h 54 | 11h 55 | 13h 04 | 14h 02 | 14h 33 | 14h 20 | 13h 32 | 12h 26 | 11h 20 | 10h 19 | 9h 46 |
| Month score | 42 | 50 | 69 | 80 | 71 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 78 | 84 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Chamchamal in every month
January42
11° / 1°
119 mm · 7.7 wet days
February50
12° / 1°
110 mm · 7.7 wet days
March69
17° / 5°
100 mm · 9.6 wet days
April80
22° / 10°
82 mm · 8.4 wet days
May71
29° / 15°
26 mm · 4.8 wet days
June56
36° / 20°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day
July57
40° / 24°
0 mm · 0.6 wet day
August57
40° / 24°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
September57
35° / 20°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
October78
28° / 14°
45 mm · 4 wet days
November84
19° / 7°
94 mm · 7 wet days
December54
13° / 3°
104 mm · 7.3 wet days