Basrah climate

Basrah Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 20°C on January 1 to 20°C on January 31, and lows from 8°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 3 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Basrah, 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
19°C
Average low
7°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CJan 17, 2010
Reanalysis low
-3°CJan 15, 2008
Daylight
10 h 13 min to 10 h 43 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
14.0 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 120°C8°C26°C 2018-2°C 200712%
Jan 220°C8°C26°C 1994-2°C 200712%
Jan 320°C8°C24°C 1994-2°C 200913%
Jan 420°C8°C25°C 2011-2°C 200714%
Jan 520°C7°C25°C 2010-2°C 199215%
Jan 619°C7°C25°C 2004-3°C 199215%
Jan 719°C7°C25°C 20150°C 200816%
Jan 819°C7°C24°C 20031°C 200816%
Jan 919°C7°C26°C 20030°C 199218%
Jan 1019°C7°C25°C 19970°C 199218%
Jan 1119°C7°C26°C 19972°C 201318%
Jan 1219°C7°C26°C 1997-1°C 201318%
Jan 1319°C7°C25°C 2018-1°C 200817%
Jan 1419°C6°C26°C 1997-2°C 200817%
Jan 1519°C6°C25°C 2010-3°C 200816%
Jan 1619°C6°C27°C 2010-3°C 200815%
Jan 1719°C6°C28°C 2010-3°C 200815%
Jan 1819°C6°C24°C 2001-2°C 200015%
Jan 1919°C6°C25°C 20160°C 200714%
Jan 2019°C6°C25°C 20101°C 201913%
Jan 2119°C6°C24°C 20100°C 201213%
Jan 2219°C6°C22°C 1991-2°C 201213%
Jan 2319°C7°C23°C 20131°C 200614%
Jan 2419°C7°C26°C 20130°C 199213%
Jan 2519°C7°C26°C 2013-1°C 199212%
Jan 2620°C7°C26°C 20181°C 199212%
Jan 2720°C7°C25°C 20131°C 199211%
Jan 2820°C7°C26°C 2013-1°C 199212%
Jan 2920°C7°C26°C 2015-2°C 199211%
Jan 3020°C7°C26°C 2015-1°C 201611%
Jan 3120°C7°C25°C 20100°C 201611%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Basrah, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 5:24 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.