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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Sinjar
Sinjar climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing26°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation345 mm54 wet days a year
36.32° N, 41.88° EElevation 517 mUTC+3 · Arabian Standard Time
When to goSinjar · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low28° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Sinjar has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 40° and nights 26°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 26°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 345 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (58 mm, 8 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 34% in January.
Compared with Baghdad, the capital, Sinjar is 4.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 40° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 42 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° | 23° | 31° | 37° | 40° | 40° | 35° | 28° | 19° | 12° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 18° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 58 mm | 55 mm | 53 mm | 43 mm | 20 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 21 mm | 43 mm | 49 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 7 |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 31% | 29% | 27% | 16% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 15% | 24% | 33% |
| Daylight | 9h 57 | 10h 52 | 11h 55 | 13h 06 | 14h 05 | 14h 37 | 14h 24 | 13h 34 | 12h 27 | 11h 18 | 10h 16 | 9h 42 |
| Month score | 40 | 51 | 75 | 81 | 68 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 80 | 87 | 52 |
ivMonth by month
Sinjar in every month
January40
11° / 3°
58 mm · 8.2 wet days
February51
12° / 4°
55 mm · 8.2 wet days
March75
17° / 8°
53 mm · 8.2 wet days
April81
23° / 12°
43 mm · 8.2 wet days
May68
31° / 18°
20 mm · 3.6 wet days
June57
37° / 23°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
July58
40° / 26°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
40° / 26°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September57
35° / 22°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
October80
28° / 17°
21 mm · 3.5 wet days
November87
19° / 10°
43 mm · 5.7 wet days
December52
12° / 5°
49 mm · 7 wet days