Basrah weather in February

In February, Basrah sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 18 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 10.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Basrah's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Basrah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 18 mm; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 54 min; 6:36 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Basrah is capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq.

Density: 7,329/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~638 CE

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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical February day in Basrah reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13

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

How February really feels in Basrah

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.

Basrah weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 9°	33	4.7	10.3	7.2
Feb	22° / 11°	18	3.1	10.9	8.2
Mar	27° / 15°	24	3.2	11.8	7.8
Apr	33° / 21°	10	1.9	12.7	4.1
May	40° / 26°	5	0.7	13.5	0.5
Jun	45° / 30°	0	0.1	13.9	0.0
Jul	47° / 32°	0	0.1	13.8	0.0
Aug	47° / 31°	1	0.1	13.1	0.0
Sep	43° / 28°	0	0.2	12.2	0.0
Oct	36° / 22°	7	1	11.3	2.4
Nov	27° / 15°	32	3.6	10.5	7.6
Dec	20° / 10°	31	4.4	10.1	7.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81
Cloudier (%)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Basrah gets around 18 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 12% 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
Rain chance (%)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10

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

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 94% 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 (%)	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93
Comfortable (%)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	7	1
2	92	7	1
3	93	6	1
4	93	6	1
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	94	6	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	96	4	0
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	94	5	1
21	94	5	1
22	94	5	1
23	94	5	1
24	93	6	1
25	93	6	1
26	93	6	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1

Wind in February

Winds average 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	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	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 5:19 PM to 5:41 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)	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24
Sunset (PM)	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:46	5:19
2	10.6	6:46	5:20
3	10.6	6:45	5:20
4	10.6	6:44	5:21
5	10.6	6:44	5:22
6	10.7	6:43	5:23
7	10.7	6:43	5:24
8	10.7	6:42	5:25
9	10.7	6:41	5:25
10	10.8	6:40	5:26
11	10.8	6:40	5:27
12	10.8	6:39	5:28
13	10.8	6:38	5:29
14	10.9	6:37	5:30
15	10.9	6:36	5:30
16	10.9	6:36	5:31
17	11.0	6:35	5:32
18	11.0	6:34	5:33
19	11.0	6:33	5:34
20	11.0	6:32	5:34
21	11.1	6:31	5:35
22	11.1	6:30	5:36
23	11.1	6:29	5:37
24	11.2	6:28	5:38
25	11.2	6:27	5:38
26	11.2	6:26	5:39
27	11.2	6:25	5:40
28	11.3	6:24	5:41

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.59 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)	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Basrah

In seasonPeak

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

Basrah sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Basrah?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Basrah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Basrah in February

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

In February, Basrah sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Basrah 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 Basrah peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Basrah 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 Basrah is worst in April — around 70 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)	68	64	70	70	67	54	55	59	62	66	62	66
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	68	Unhealthy
Feb	64	Unhealthy
Mar	70	Unhealthy
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	67	Unhealthy
Jun	54	Poor
Jul	55	Poor
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	62	Unhealthy
Oct	66	Unhealthy
Nov	62	Unhealthy
Dec	66	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Basrah?

Basrah sits at 30.5°N, 47.8°E, 4 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Başrah al Qadīmah, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Basrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Basrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m.

The land around Basrah is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) within 3 km, bare terrain (67%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

10 m

artificial surfaces 80%

16 km

27 m

bare terrain 67%

80 km

135 m

bare terrain 73%

treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← January Basrah year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Al Başrah al Qadīmah 3.0 km · Al Hārithah 9.0 km · Abū al-Kahṣīb 12 km · Az Zubayr 15 km · Khorramshahr 39 km · Şafwān 44 km · Abadan 54 km · Umm Qaşr 54 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 Basrah (30.5085°, 47.7804°, elevation 4 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	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	10
11	21	10
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	22	10
15	22	11
16	22	11
17	22	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	7	1
2	92	7	1
3	93	6	1
4	93	6	1
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	94	6	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	96	4	0
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	94	5	1
21	94	5	1
22	94	5	1
23	94	5	1
24	93	6	1
25	93	6	1
26	93	6	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	7	1
2	92	7	1
3	93	6	1
4	93	6	1
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	94	6	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	96	4	0
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	94	5	1
21	94	5	1
22	94	5	1
23	94	5	1
24	93	6	1
25	93	6	1
26	93	6	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	76	24
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	7	1
2	92	7	1
3	93	6	1
4	93	6	1
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	94	6	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	96	4	0
14	95	4	1
15	95	4	1
16	95	4	1
17	95	4	1
18	95	4	1
19	95	4	1
20	94	5	1
21	94	5	1
22	94	5	1
23	94	5	1
24	93	6	1
25	93	6	1
26	93	6	1
27	93	6	1
28	93	6	1