Baqubah weather in June

In June, Baqubah sees average daytime highs of 43°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 42°C in the first days to 44°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of June to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Baqubah's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baqubah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
43°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
29°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
14 h 12 min
4:55 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
4%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Baqubah is capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 42°C in the first days to 44°C by the end.

A typical June day in Baqubah reaches about 43°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 47°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 5°C warmer than May and about 2°C cooler than July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Baqubah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Baqubah weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 365.9106.2
Feb19° / 274.310.77.3
Mar25° / 13°304.211.78.2
Apr31° / 18°172.912.85.4
May38° / 24°51.413.71.5
Jun43° / 29°0014.20.0
Jul45° / 32°00140.0
Aug45° / 31°0013.30.0
Sep42° / 27°00.112.20.1
Oct35° / 21°121.811.23.4
Nov25° / 14°303.810.28.0
Dec19° / 335.19.87.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2946
3946
4946
5964
6964
7964
8982
9982
10982
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Baqubah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in June. 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.

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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
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9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26982
27982
28982
29982
30982

Wind in June

Winds average 14 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of June to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 4:57 AM to 4:58 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:577:01
214.14:577:02
314.14:567:02
414.14:567:03
514.14:567:04
614.14:567:04
714.24:557:05
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2614.24:577:11
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2914.24:587:11
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 7.87 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 7.87 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.7Intense
37.8Intense
47.8Intense
57.8Intense
67.8Intense
77.8Intense
87.8Intense
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Baqubah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Baqubah?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baqubah.

What to pack for Baqubah in June

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

In June, Baqubah sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baqubah in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baqubah peaks around June 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighVery highHighModerateJun 13UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5High
Aug9Very high
Sep5High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Baqubah in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Baqubah 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).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 2189 µg/m³Jul 1665 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan88Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr79Unhealthy
May79Unhealthy
Jun68Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug68Unhealthy
Sep72Unhealthy
Oct85Unhealthy
Nov82Unhealthy
Dec90Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Baqubah?

Baqubah sits at 33.8°N, 44.6°E, 48 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Khāliş, 9.0 km away.

Abū GhuraybAl Maḩmūdīyah

Topography around Baqubah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baqubah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Baqubah is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and bare terrain (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
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30 m
80 km
230 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Khāliş 9.0 km · Ad Dujayl 36 km · Al Miqdādīyah 40 km · Sadr City 43 km · Baghdad 50 km · Balad 51 km · Abū Ghurayb 63 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 80 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
Christian 1%

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 Baqubah (33.754°, 44.6052°, elevation 48 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).