Baghdad climate

Baghdad Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Baghdad, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on January 1 to 17°C on January 31, and lows from 5°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Baghdad, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CJan 17, 2010
Reanalysis low
-5°CJan 3, 2009
Daylight
10 h 00 min to 10 h 34 min
Cloud cover
45%
Humidity
61%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 117°C5°C24°C 1994-3°C 200717%
Jan 217°C5°C22°C 1994-5°C 200917%
Jan 317°C5°C22°C 2010-5°C 200918%
Jan 417°C5°C21°C 1994-4°C 199218%
Jan 517°C4°C21°C 2010-4°C 199220%
Jan 617°C4°C21°C 2003-1°C 199220%
Jan 717°C4°C22°C 2003-3°C 200819%
Jan 816°C4°C23°C 2003-1°C 200819%
Jan 916°C4°C22°C 1997-2°C 199219%
Jan 1016°C4°C22°C 2010-2°C 200819%
Jan 1116°C4°C21°C 2010-3°C 201319%
Jan 1216°C4°C21°C 2018-4°C 200818%
Jan 1316°C4°C22°C 1997-2°C 200818%
Jan 1416°C4°C23°C 2018-4°C 200817%
Jan 1516°C3°C21°C 1994-4°C 200817%
Jan 1616°C3°C22°C 2010-4°C 200817%
Jan 1716°C3°C25°C 2010-2°C 200817%
Jan 1816°C3°C22°C 2010-3°C 200017%
Jan 1916°C3°C21°C 2010-2°C 200817%
Jan 2016°C4°C21°C 2010-1°C 201916%
Jan 2116°C4°C20°C 1991-5°C 201218%
Jan 2216°C4°C21°C 2015-4°C 201218%
Jan 2316°C4°C21°C 2013-1°C 199218%
Jan 2417°C4°C21°C 2015-3°C 199219%
Jan 2517°C4°C22°C 2018-2°C 199220%
Jan 2617°C4°C22°C 2013-1°C 199120%
Jan 2717°C4°C21°C 2012-3°C 199121%
Jan 2817°C4°C21°C 2014-4°C 199221%
Jan 2917°C4°C21°C 2014-5°C 199721%
Jan 3017°C4°C22°C 1995-3°C 201621%
Jan 3117°C4°C23°C 20100°C 199222%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Baghdad, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

January 1
sunrise 7:06 AM, sunset 5:06 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 5:33 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.