Ash Sharqāt weather in January

In January, Ash Sharqāt sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 7.4 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ash Sharqāt's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ash Sharqāt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 7.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:21 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ash Sharqāt reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	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	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

How January really feels in Ash Sharqāt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

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

Ash Sharqāt weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	45	7.4	9.9	4.4
Feb	16° / 6°	37	6.7	10.7	5.6
Mar	21° / 10°	38	6.1	11.7	7.5
Apr	28° / 15°	22	4	12.9	7.2
May	35° / 21°	8	1.6	13.8	3.5
Jun	40° / 26°	0	0	14.4	0.3
Jul	43° / 29°	0	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	43° / 28°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	39° / 24°	0	0.1	12.2	1.1
Oct	32° / 18°	13	1.8	11.1	5.4
Nov	22° / 11°	30	4.6	10.1	7.8
Dec	16° / 6°	39	6	9.6	5.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	60	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	62
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	40	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ash Sharqāt gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 7.4 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 23% and peaks near 27% 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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	22
10	22
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	27
31	26

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January 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	29	30	31
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	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
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:21 AM to 7:14 AM, and sunset from 4:59 PM to 5:26 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14
Sunset (PM)	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:21	4:59
2	9.6	7:21	5:00
3	9.7	7:21	5:01
4	9.7	7:22	5:02
5	9.7	7:22	5:02
6	9.7	7:22	5:03
7	9.7	7:22	5:04
8	9.7	7:22	5:05
9	9.7	7:22	5:06
10	9.7	7:22	5:06
11	9.8	7:22	5:07
12	9.8	7:22	5:08
13	9.8	7:22	5:09
14	9.8	7:21	5:10
15	9.8	7:21	5:11
16	9.8	7:21	5:12
17	9.9	7:21	5:13
18	9.9	7:21	5:14
19	9.9	7:20	5:15
20	9.9	7:20	5:16
21	9.9	7:20	5:16
22	10.0	7:19	5:17
23	10.0	7:19	5:18
24	10.0	7:18	5:19
25	10.0	7:18	5:20
26	10.1	7:17	5:21
27	10.1	7:17	5:22
28	10.1	7:16	5:23
29	10.1	7:16	5:24
30	10.2	7:15	5:25
31	10.2	7:14	5:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ash Sharqāt

In seasonPeak

None of Ash Sharqāt's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ash Sharqāt sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Ash Sharqāt?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Ash Sharqāt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ash Sharqāt in January

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

In January, Ash Sharqāt sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ash Sharqāt in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ash Sharqāt peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	7	10	5	9	6	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Moderate	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ash Sharqāt in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ash Sharqāt is worst in July — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	43	45	49	49	52	54	56	55	51	47	42	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	54	Poor
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Unhealthy
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ash Sharqāt?

Ash Sharqāt sits at 35.5°N, 43.2°E, 159 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Bayjī, 70 km away.

Topography around Ash Sharqāt

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ash Sharqāt.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ash Sharqāt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 770 m.

The land around Ash Sharqāt is covered by artificial surfaces (28%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and bare terrain (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and bare terrain (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

artificial surfaces 28%

16 km

198 m

cropland 38%

80 km

770 m

cropland 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Ash Sharqāt year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Bayjī 70 km · Al-Hamdaniya 85 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 91 km · Mosul 91 km · Al-'Alam 99 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 102 km · Erbil 103 km · Kirkuk 106 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 Ash Sharqāt (35.5172°, 43.2281°, elevation 159 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	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	22
10	22
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	27
31	26

	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
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	22
10	22
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	27
31	26

	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
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	5
30	14	5
31	14	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	22
4	22
5	22
6	22
7	22
8	22
9	22
10	22
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	25
24	26
25	26
26	26
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	27
31	26

	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
29	100
30	100
31	100