Al Qā’im weather in February

In February, Al Qā’im sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 18 mm of precipitation across 3.9 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Al Qā’im's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Qā’im's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 18 mm; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:09 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Al Qā’im is town in Al-Anbar, Iraq.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical February day in Al Qā’im reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	18	7
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8

How February really feels in Al Qā’im

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Qā’im weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	25	5.4	10	4.6
Feb	17° / 7°	18	3.9	10.7	6.2
Mar	22° / 10°	18	3.7	11.7	8.0
Apr	28° / 15°	11	2	12.8	7.7
May	34° / 21°	5	1.1	13.8	4.2
Jun	39° / 25°	0	0	14.3	1.0
Jul	41° / 28°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Aug	41° / 27°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	37° / 24°	0	0	12.2	2.1
Oct	31° / 18°	9	1.4	11.1	6.1
Nov	22° / 11°	16	3.2	10.2	8.0
Dec	15° / 6°	19	3.9	9.7	5.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	72	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	73	72	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	74
Cloudier (%)	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Al Qā’im gets around 18 mm of rain and snow over 3.9 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 15% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	17
4	17
5	17
6	17
7	17
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	11

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 6:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:20	5:39
2	10.3	7:20	5:40
3	10.4	7:19	5:41
4	10.4	7:18	5:42
5	10.4	7:18	5:43
6	10.4	7:17	5:44
7	10.5	7:16	5:45
8	10.5	7:15	5:45
9	10.5	7:15	5:46
10	10.6	7:14	5:47
11	10.6	7:13	5:48
12	10.6	7:12	5:49
13	10.7	7:11	5:50
14	10.7	7:10	5:51
15	10.7	7:09	5:52
16	10.8	7:08	5:53
17	10.8	7:07	5:54
18	10.8	7:06	5:55
19	10.9	7:05	5:56
20	10.9	7:04	5:57
21	10.9	7:03	5:58
22	11.0	7:02	5:59
23	11.0	7:01	6:00
24	11.0	6:59	6:01
25	11.1	6:58	6:01
26	11.1	6:57	6:02
27	11.1	6:56	6:03
28	11.2	6:55	6:04

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	4.0	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Al Qā’im

In seasonPeak

None of Al Qā’im's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Qā’im sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Al Qā’im?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Al Qā’im for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Qā’im in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Al Qā’im sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Al Qā’im in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Qā’im peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	6	8	10	9	9	7	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al Qā’im in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Qā’im is worst in July — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 34 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	38	42	55	53	62	62	70	63	49	43	34	37
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	38	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	53	Poor
May	62	Unhealthy
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	70	Unhealthy
Aug	63	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	37	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al Qā’im?

Al Qā’im sits at 34.4°N, 41.0°E, 180 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Ālbū Kamāl, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Al Qā’im

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Qā’im.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Qā’im has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 178 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m.

The land around Al Qā’im is covered by bare terrain (48%), artificial surfaces (28%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (77%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

bare terrain 48%

16 km

151 m

bare terrain 77%

80 km

393 m

bare terrain 93%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Al Qā’im year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ālbū Kamāl 9.0 km · Hajīn 37 km · Subaykhān 62 km · Al Mayādīn 85 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 88 km · ‘Anah 91 km · Deir ez-Zor 130 km · Ḩadīthah 131 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,410; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 60%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9.5; per 100k, 2013
Road deaths: 27.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 406
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Qā’im (34.3925°, 40.9894°, elevation 180 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	18	7
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	17
4	17
5	17
6	17
7	17
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	18	7
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	17
4	17
5	17
6	17
7	17
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	15	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	18	7
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	72	28
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	18
2	17
3	17
4	17
5	17
6	17
7	17
8	16
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	15
15	15
16	15
17	15
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	11

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100