Duhok climate — normals and trends
Duhok (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 517 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Duhok averages 24 frost days, 146 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 66 rainy days per year.
Duhok has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 31 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.3 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -13.9 °C (on 16 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
DuhokDuhok Governorate
- coords
- 36.87°, 42.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.8°C
Average daily high
25.1°C
Average daily low
12.6°C
Annual rainfall
517mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
146 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
66 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
94 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
48.3 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-13.9 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
76 mm
19 March 2024
Windiest day
32.9 km/h
1 March 1941
Strongest gust
84.2 km/h
21 March 1952
Hottest feels-like
47.9 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-18.1 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
2 January 1992
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 11 mm | -79 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 43 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 22.0 °C | +5.7 °C | 30 mm | -59 mm |
| Apr | 25.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 33.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 17 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 39.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 42.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 42.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 36.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 29.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 23.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 85 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 130 mm | +48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Duhok?
Duhok has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.8 °C and it receives 517 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Duhok?
The hottest day measured in Duhok between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 48.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Duhok?
The coldest day measured in Duhok between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -13.9 °C.
Does it snow in Duhok?
Yes. Duhok gets on average 12.0 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Duhok warmed?
Yes: Duhok warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Duhok?
The wettest day measured in Duhok between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 2024, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Duhok?
The windiest day measured in Duhok between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1941, with winds reaching 32.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Duhok?
The warmest month in Duhok is July (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Duhok?
Duhok receives on average 517 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 66 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Duhok?
Duhok gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Duhok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Duhok between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1992, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Duhok?
Yes: Duhok has on average 94 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Duhok?
In Duhok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.9 °C on 13 July 2025, and the lowest was -18.1 °C on 16 January 1950.
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