The Frontier Gazette & Almanack
“Fair Warning for Every Town Under the Sky” · Est. 1881
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Iraq Weather

News from Iraq

The short of it: Wanted Weather covers 122 towns in Iraq. 15 warnings are in force among the 10 largest towns as of 17:16 UTC. Source: Open-Meteo forecast models; TerraClimate normals 1991–2020.

Warnings are in force for 10 of the 10 largest towns.

The Gazette carries the weather for 122 towns in Iraq, from Begova in the north to Al Fāw in the south. The largest is Baghdad, home to some 7.2M souls.

Among the larger towns, Umm Qaşr runs hottest, with summer highs near 47°, and Hetite coldest, with winter nights near -4°. Baynjiwayn is the wettest at about 909 mm a year, Najaf the driest at 81 mm.

The Largest Towns

Conditions now
TownSkyNowHigh / Low
BaghdadIraqMostly clear22°24° / 18°
Al Mawşil al JadīdahNineveh, IraqThunderstorm17°18° / 16°
MosulNineveh, IraqOvercast17°18° / 16°
ErbilIraqThunderstorm15°17° / 15°
BasrahBasra, IraqLight rain27°32° / 23°
KarbalaIraqMostly clear21°25° / 19°
Sadr CityBaghdad, IraqPartly cloudy23°26° / 19°
KirkukIraqLight showers16°18° / 16°
Abū GhuraybBaghdad, IraqPartly cloudy23°26° / 19°
SulaymaniyahIraqThunderstorm13°15° / 12°

Regions of Iraq

19 regions · largest town in each
RegionLargest townTowns
BaghdadBaghdad4
NinevehAl Mawşil al Jadīdah9
ErbilErbil12
BasraBasrah9
KarbalaKarbala2
KirkukKirkuk2
SulaymaniyahSulaymaniyah10
Dhi QarNasiriyah4
NajafNajaf3
BabilAl Hillah7
DuhokDihok17
MaysanAl ‘Amārah3
Al-QadisiyahAl Diwaniyah5
WasitAl-Kut5
AnbarRamadi9
DiyalaKhānaqīn8
Salah ad DinBayjī10
MuthannaAs Samawah2
HalabjaHalabja1

Every Town in Iraq

122 towns · largest first

Baghdad · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah · Mosul · Erbil · Basrah · Karbala · Sadr City · Kirkuk · Abū Ghurayb · Sulaymaniyah · Nasiriyah · Najaf · Al Hillah · Abū al-Kahṣīb · Al Maḩmūdīyah · Dihok · Al ‘Amārah · Al Diwaniyah · Al-Kut · Al Madīnah · Kelar · Ramadi · Al Fallūjah · Ash Shaţrah · Khānaqīn · Bayjī · Ash Sharqāt · Sāmarrā’ · Al Miqdādīyah · As Samawah · Baqubah · Sumayl · Simele · Xebat · Khasnahzān · Qeładizê · Al Hindīyah · Al Qurnah · Baḥarkah · Sīnah · Az Zubayr · Ţūz Khūrmātū · Rānyah · Qal‘at Sukkar · An Nu‘mānīyah · Kufa · Abu Gharaq · Umm Qaşr · 'Ākra · Al Fāw · Al-Musayab · Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah · Zaxo · Al-Qāsim · Al Hārithah · Soran · Hajiawa · Al Ḩayy · Aş Şuwayrah · Al Qā’im · Khāliş · Ash Shāmīyah · Halabja · Derbendîxan · Al-Hamdaniya · Shelādiz · Ar Rumaythah · Koysinceq · Al ‘Azīzīyah · Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya · Jamjamāl · Tikrīt · Balad · Qal‘at Şāliḩ · Pīrmām · Sinjār · Saddat al Hindīyah · ‘Afak · Shaqlāwah · Ḩarir · Hīt · Al Maḩāwīl · Ḩadīthah · Nahiyat Ghammas · Kifrī · Shūrash · Mandalī · Batifa · Baynjiwayn · ‘Anah · Ad Dujayl · Al-'Alam · Tallkayf · Al Mishkhāb · ‘Aqrah · Ṟuwandiz · Şafwān · Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah · Ar Ruţbah · Tāzah Khūrmātū · Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd · Habhab · Khalīfān · ‘Anat al Qadīmah · ‘Alī al Gharbī · Begova · Barţalah · AlZwya · Rāwah · Sarājīq · Kays Qal‘ah · Taxa Cheya · Hetit · Kuchka · Taxe Cheya Azadiye · Hawe Ben Alean · Mawet · Mangêsh · Hetite · Hilora