Erbil climate — normals and trends
Erbil has a hot-summer mediterranean climate, averaging 19.7 °C annually with 553 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
ErbilErbil Governorate
- coords
- 36.19°, 44.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
19.7°C
Average daily high
26.4°C
Average daily low
13.5°C
Annual rainfall
553mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
21 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
156 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
65 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.4 cm
Average feels-like high
25.1 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
109 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
49.1 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-17.7 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
81 mm
3 February 2006
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
12 January 1950
Strongest gust
83.9 km/h
28 January 2019
Hottest feels-like
49.5 °C
14 July 1964
Coldest feels-like
-22.5 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
13.1 cm
10 February 1992
Sunniest day
14.0 h
16 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 15 mm | -82 mm |
| Feb | 13.2 °C | -0.2 °C | 41 mm | -50 mm |
| Mar | 23.3 °C | +5.8 °C | 15 mm | -82 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 58 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 35.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 14 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 40.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 43.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 43.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 37.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 31.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 24.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 66 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 14.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 145 mm | +57 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Erbil (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 553 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 (34.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Erbil averages 21 frost days, 156 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 65 rainy days per year.
Erbil has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 27 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.1 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -17.7 °C (on 17 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Erbil?
Erbil has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 553 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Erbil?
The hottest day measured in Erbil between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 49.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Erbil?
The coldest day measured in Erbil between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -17.7 °C.
Does it snow in Erbil?
Yes. Erbil gets on average 3.4 cm of snow per year and has around 21 frost days.
Has the climate of Erbil warmed?
Yes: Erbil warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Erbil?
The wettest day measured in Erbil between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2006, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Erbil?
The windiest day measured in Erbil between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Erbil?
The warmest month in Erbil is July (34.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Erbil?
Erbil receives on average 553 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Erbil?
Erbil gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Erbil?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Erbil between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1992, with 13.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Erbil?
Yes: Erbil has on average 109 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Erbil?
In Erbil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.5 °C on 14 July 1964, and the lowest was -22.5 °C on 17 January 1950.
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