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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Fallujah
Fallujah climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Feb–Mar · Nov
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation123 mm33 wet days a year
33.35° N, 43.79° EElevation 45 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goFallujah · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
October: high / low33° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Fallujah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 44° and nights 27°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 16° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 123 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (22 mm, 6 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 0% in July to 25% in December.
Compared with Baghdad, the capital, Fallujah is 1° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 44° · July
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- July · 0% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 21 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 58 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 | 16° | 19° | 24° | 30° | 36° | 41° | 44° | 44° | 39° | 33° | 23° | 17° |
| Average low | 5° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 6° |
| Precipitation | 22 mm | 18 mm | 19 mm | 15 mm | 4 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 7 mm | 18 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.7 | 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Cloud cover | 23% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 15% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 12% | 19% | 25% |
| Daylight | 10h 11 | 11h 00 | 11h 56 | 13h 00 | 13h 52 | 14h 21 | 14h 10 | 13h 25 | 12h 25 | 11h 23 | 10h 27 | 9h 58 |
| Month score | 73 | 88 | 89 | 69 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 90 | 85 |
ivMonth by month
Fallujah in every month
January73
16° / 5°
22 mm · 5.7 wet days
February88
19° / 7°
18 mm · 5 wet days
March89
24° / 11°
19 mm · 4.8 wet days
April69
30° / 16°
15 mm · 4.7 wet days
May54
36° / 21°
4 mm · 1.9 wet days
June58
41° / 25°
0 mm · 0 wet days
July58
44° / 27°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August58
44° / 26°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September58
39° / 22°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
October62
33° / 17°
7 mm · 2.1 wet days
November90
23° / 10°
18 mm · 4.1 wet days
December85
17° / 6°
20 mm · 4.2 wet days