Balad weather in September

In September, Balad sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 43°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Balad's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 41°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:51 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 3%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.2; out of 10

Balad is city in Iraq.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 43°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical September day in Balad reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 4°C cooler than August and about 7°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38
Avg low (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	44	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	27
7	43	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	26
13	42	26
14	41	26
15	41	26
16	41	26
17	41	25
18	41	25
19	40	25
20	40	25
21	40	25
22	40	25
23	40	24
24	39	24
25	39	24
26	39	24
27	39	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

How September really feels in Balad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 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

25 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Balad weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 7°	36	6	10	5.9
Feb	19° / 8°	29	4.4	10.7	7.1
Mar	24° / 12°	27	4.4	11.7	8.2
Apr	31° / 18°	16	2.8	12.8	5.8
May	37° / 23°	4	1.4	13.7	1.8
Jun	42° / 28°	0	0	14.2	0.0
Jul	45° / 31°	0	0	14	0.0
Aug	45° / 30°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	41° / 26°	0	0.1	12.2	0.2
Oct	34° / 20°	12	1.7	11.1	3.8
Nov	24° / 13°	28	3.7	10.2	8.1
Dec	18° / 8°	34	5.2	9.8	6.8

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

	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
Clearer (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97
Cloudier (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Balad gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 98% 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
Dry (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in September

Winds average 12 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 11 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	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	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	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 5:44 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
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:41	6:25
2	12.7	5:42	6:24
3	12.7	5:42	6:23
4	12.6	5:43	6:21
5	12.6	5:44	6:20
6	12.6	5:44	6:18
7	12.5	5:45	6:17
8	12.5	5:46	6:16
9	12.5	5:47	6:14
10	12.4	5:47	6:13
11	12.4	5:48	6:11
12	12.4	5:49	6:10
13	12.3	5:49	6:08
14	12.3	5:50	6:07
15	12.2	5:51	6:05
16	12.2	5:51	6:04
17	12.2	5:52	6:03
18	12.1	5:53	6:01
19	12.1	5:54	6:00
20	12.1	5:54	5:58
21	12.0	5:55	5:57
22	12.0	5:56	5:55
23	12.0	5:57	5:54
24	11.9	5:57	5:52
25	11.9	5:58	5:51
26	11.8	5:59	5:49
27	11.8	5:59	5:48
28	11.8	6:00	5:47
29	11.7	6:01	5:45
30	11.7	6:02	5:44

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 6.18 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	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.8	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Balad

In seasonPeak

In September, Balad sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Balad sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Balad?

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

0.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Balad.

What to pack for Balad in September

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

In September, Balad sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Balad in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balad peaks around June 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	3	5	6	8	10	5	8	5	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Balad in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Balad is worst in December — around 90 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)	88	85	84	79	79	68	65	68	72	85	82	90
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	88	Unhealthy
Feb	85	Unhealthy
Mar	84	Unhealthy
Apr	79	Unhealthy
May	79	Unhealthy
Jun	68	Unhealthy
Jul	65	Unhealthy
Aug	68	Unhealthy
Sep	72	Unhealthy
Oct	85	Unhealthy
Nov	82	Unhealthy
Dec	90	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Balad?

Balad sits at 34.0°N, 44.1°E, 53 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Ad Dujayl, 20 km away.

Topography around Balad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 48 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m.

The land around Balad is covered by cropland (37%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

13 m

cropland 37%

16 km

28 m

cropland 64%

80 km

224 m

bare terrain 46%

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← August Balad year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Ad Dujayl 20 km · Sāmarrā’ 31 km · Khāliş 43 km · Baqubah 51 km · Al Miqdādīyah 73 km · Sadr City 75 km · Baghdad 79 km · Abū Ghurayb 79 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 Balad (34.0149°, 44.1457°, elevation 53 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	44	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	27
7	43	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	26
13	42	26
14	41	26
15	41	26
16	41	26
17	41	25
18	41	25
19	40	25
20	40	25
21	40	25
22	40	25
23	40	24
24	39	24
25	39	24
26	39	24
27	39	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	44	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	27
7	43	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	26
13	42	26
14	41	26
15	41	26
16	41	26
17	41	25
18	41	25
19	40	25
20	40	25
21	40	25
22	40	25
23	40	24
24	39	24
25	39	24
26	39	24
27	39	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	44	28
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	43	28
5	43	28
6	43	27
7	43	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	26
13	42	26
14	41	26
15	41	26
16	41	26
17	41	25
18	41	25
19	40	25
20	40	25
21	40	25
22	40	25
23	40	24
24	39	24
25	39	24
26	39	24
27	39	24
28	38	24
29	38	23
30	38	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2