Halabja climate — normals and trends
Halabja (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 546 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 (31.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Halabja averages 51 frost days, 136 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.
Halabja has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 70 to 32 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.4 °C (on 11 July 2018) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 20 January 1964).
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
HalabjaHalabja
- coords
- 35.18°, 45.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
546mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
45%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
51 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
136 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
64 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
50 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
46.4 °C
11 July 2018
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
81 mm
3 February 2006
Windiest day
26.3 km/h
27 May 1944
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
25 November 1992
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
20 January 1964
Snowiest day
34.6 cm
4 February 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
28 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 17 mm | -83 mm |
| Feb | 9.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 68 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 48 mm | -55 mm |
| Apr | 24.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 70 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 31.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 14 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 36.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 40.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 42.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 34.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 29.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 22.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 25 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 12.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 179 mm | +94 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Halabja?
Halabja has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 546 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Halabja?
The hottest day measured in Halabja between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, reaching 46.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Halabja?
The coldest day measured in Halabja between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Halabja?
Yes. Halabja gets on average 28.1 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.
Has the climate of Halabja warmed?
Yes: Halabja warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Halabja?
The wettest day measured in Halabja between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2006, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Halabja?
The windiest day measured in Halabja between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1944, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Halabja?
The warmest month in Halabja is July (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Halabja?
Halabja receives on average 546 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Halabja?
Halabja 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 Halabja?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Halabja between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1950, with 34.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Halabja?
Yes: Halabja has on average 50 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Halabja?
In Halabja, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 20 January 1964.
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