Ḩarir climate — normals and trends
Ḩarir (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 883 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 (30.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ḩarir averages 45 frost days, 129 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Ḩarir has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 59 to 31 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.8 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -19.3 °C (on 6 January 1942).
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
ḨarirErbil Governorate
- coords
- 36.55°, 44.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
23.1°C
Average daily low
10.4°C
Annual rainfall
883mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
129 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.9 cm
Average feels-like high
22.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
64 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
44.8 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-19.3 °C
6 January 1942
Wettest day
100 mm
12 April 2023
Windiest day
27.4 km/h
27 March 1962
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
23 February 1967
Hottest feels-like
46.1 °C
14 July 1964
Coldest feels-like
-23.8 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
33.1 cm
4 January 1977
Sunniest day
14.0 h
15 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 26 mm | -115 mm |
| Feb | 9.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 73 mm | -66 mm |
| Mar | 19.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 34 mm | -120 mm |
| Apr | 22.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 121 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 30.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 29 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 35.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 39.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 41.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 34.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 28.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 2 mm | -37 mm |
| Nov | 22.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 85 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 213 mm | +85 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ḩarir?
Ḩarir has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 883 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ḩarir?
The hottest day measured in Ḩarir between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 44.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ḩarir?
The coldest day measured in Ḩarir between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1942, at -19.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ḩarir?
Yes. Ḩarir gets on average 42.9 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Ḩarir warmed?
Yes: Ḩarir warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ḩarir?
The wettest day measured in Ḩarir between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2023, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ḩarir?
The windiest day measured in Ḩarir between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1962, with winds reaching 27.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ḩarir?
The warmest month in Ḩarir is July (30.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Ḩarir?
Ḩarir receives on average 883 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ḩarir?
Ḩarir 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 Ḩarir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ḩarir between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1977, with 33.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ḩarir?
Yes: Ḩarir has on average 64 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ḩarir?
In Ḩarir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 14 July 1964, and the lowest was -23.8 °C on 6 January 1942.
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