Sadr City climate — normals and trends
Sadr City has a hot desert climate, averaging 24.7 °C annually with 165 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
Sadr CityBaghdad
- coords
- 33.39°, 44.46°
- 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
24.7°C
Average daily high
31.4°C
Average daily low
18.7°C
Annual rainfall
165mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
38%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
200 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
28 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.4 °C
Average feels-like low
16.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
175 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
52.6 °C
18 July 1978
Coldest day
-4.9 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
86 mm
11 April 1963
Windiest day
52.9 km/h
25 March 2003
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
17 April 1964
Hottest feels-like
54.3 °C
26 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-9.4 °C
20 January 1964
Snowiest day
1.8 cm
11 January 2008
Sunniest day
14.0 h
26 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 | 19.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 4 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 17.5 °C | -1.5 °C | 11 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 24.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 74 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 32.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 8 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 40.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 5 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 44.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 46.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 46.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 41.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 35.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 28.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 14 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 18.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 87 mm | +58 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.
Sadr City (Iraq) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 165 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 (37.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sadr City averages 2 frost days, 200 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.
Sadr City has warmed by +2.5 °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 3 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 52.6 °C (on 18 July 1978) and the coldest -4.9 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sadr City?
Sadr City has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 165 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sadr City?
The hottest day measured in Sadr City between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1978, reaching 52.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sadr City?
The coldest day measured in Sadr City between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -4.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sadr City?
Almost never: Sadr City sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sadr City warmed?
Yes: Sadr City warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sadr City?
The wettest day measured in Sadr City between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1963, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sadr City?
The windiest day measured in Sadr City between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2003, with winds reaching 52.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sadr City?
The warmest month in Sadr City is July (37.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Sadr City?
Sadr City receives on average 165 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sadr City?
Sadr City gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sadr City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sadr City between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2008, with 1.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sadr City?
Yes: Sadr City has on average 175 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sadr City?
In Sadr City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 54.3 °C on 26 July 2020, and the lowest was -9.4 °C on 20 January 1964.
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