Climate and average weather in Bayjī
In Bayjī, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bayjī typically varies from 5°C to 43°C, and is rarely below 0°C or above 48°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Bayjī for warm-weather activities are from late February to mid April and late October to early December.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 43°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 5°
- Wettest
- Jan
- 39 mm
- Driest
- Jun
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 213 mm
- 36 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.6–14.3 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 115 m
- 34.9°N
- Clearest
- Jul
- 2% cloud
Bayjī is city in northern Iraq.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Bayjī weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late February to mid April.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Bayjī, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 22 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 36°C. The hottest month of the year in Bayjī is July, with an average high of 43°C and low of 29°C.
The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from November 25 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 20°C. The coldest month of the year in Bayjī is January, with an average low of 5°C and high of 14°C.
Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in September.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 16 |
| Avg low (°C) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 5 |
| Feb | 17 | 7 |
| Mar | 22 | 11 |
| Apr | 28 | 16 |
| May | 35 | 22 |
| Jun | 41 | 27 |
| Jul | 43 | 29 |
| Aug | 43 | 29 |
| Sep | 39 | 24 |
| Oct | 32 | 19 |
| Nov | 22 | 12 |
| Dec | 16 | 7 |
How hot and cold Bayjī really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Bayjī feels like about 44°C (around July 24). About 167 days a year carry some heat stress, and 106 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 16 |
| Air high (°C) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 35 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 16 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 5 |
| Air low (°C) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 |
| Feb | 17 | 17 | 5 | 7 |
| Mar | 22 | 22 | 10 | 11 |
| Apr | 28 | 28 | 16 | 16 |
| May | 35 | 35 | 22 | 22 |
| Jun | 41 | 41 | 27 | 27 |
| Jul | 43 | 43 | 29 | 29 |
| Aug | 43 | 43 | 29 | 29 |
| Sep | 39 | 39 | 24 | 24 |
| Oct | 32 | 32 | 19 | 19 |
| Nov | 22 | 22 | 11 | 12 |
| Dec | 16 | 16 | 5 | 7 |
Average hourly temperature in Bayjī
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 43°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 5°C.
Bayjī weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° / 5° | 39 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 4.8 |
| Feb | 17° / 7° | 32 | 6 | 10.7 | 6.1 |
| Mar | 22° / 11° | 35 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 7.7 |
| Apr | 28° / 16° | 23 | 4 | 12.9 | 6.9 |
| May | 35° / 22° | 6 | 1.4 | 13.8 | 3.1 |
| Jun | 41° / 27° | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 43° / 29° | 0 | 0.1 | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 43° / 29° | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 39° / 24° | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 0.9 |
| Oct | 32° / 19° | 15 | 1.9 | 11.1 | 5.1 |
| Nov | 22° / 12° | 27 | 4.3 | 10.2 | 7.9 |
| Dec | 16° / 7° | 35 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 5.8 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Bayjī gets about 213 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.3 months, from around Oct 24 to May 2, peaking in January at about 23% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 14.
January is the wettest month by volume, with 39 mm over about 7 wet days; June is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 20 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| Rain days | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | 7 |
| Feb | 21 | 6 |
| Mar | 18 | 6 |
| Apr | 13 | 4 |
| May | 5 | 1 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 6 | 2 |
| Nov | 15 | 4 |
| Dec | 19 | 6 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Bayjī collects about 213 mm of rain across 36 wet days — roughly 18 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 39 mm, while June is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 39 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 35 |
| Rain days | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 7 |
| Feb | 32 | 6 |
| Mar | 35 | 6 |
| Apr | 23 | 4 |
| May | 6 | 1 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 15 | 2 |
| Nov | 27 | 4 |
| Dec | 35 | 6 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Bayjī, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around October 17. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 18 and lasts for 6.8 months, ending around May 13. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 34% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 66 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 84 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 85 | 74 | 66 |
| Cloudier (%) | 34 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 34 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66 | 34 |
| Feb | 70 | 30 |
| Mar | 72 | 28 |
| Apr | 74 | 26 |
| May | 84 | 16 |
| Jun | 98 | 2 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 99 | 1 |
| Oct | 85 | 15 |
| Nov | 74 | 26 |
| Dec | 66 | 34 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 7, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 22, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 42 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.9 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:19 | 7:00 | 6:24 | 5:40 | 5:08 | 4:56 | 5:08 | 5:30 | 5:54 | 6:18 | 6:47 | 7:12 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:12 | 5:41 | 6:08 | 6:33 | 6:57 | 7:16 | 7:16 | 6:50 | 6:07 | 5:24 | 4:55 | 4:52 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.9 | 7:19 | 5:12 |
| Feb | 10.7 | 7:00 | 5:41 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 6:24 | 6:08 |
| Apr | 12.9 | 5:40 | 6:33 |
| May | 13.8 | 5:08 | 6:57 |
| Jun | 14.3 | 4:56 | 7:16 |
| Jul | 14.1 | 5:08 | 7:16 |
| Aug | 13.3 | 5:30 | 6:50 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:54 | 6:07 |
| Oct | 11.1 | 6:18 | 5:24 |
| Nov | 10.2 | 6:47 | 4:55 |
| Dec | 9.7 | 7:12 | 4:52 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Bayjī averages about 22 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 15 and 30 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 5.1 months, from around May 16 to Oct 16. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is December, down near 15 sunny days — about 47% fewer than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 16 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16 | Bright |
| Feb | 15 | Bright |
| Mar | 17 | Bright |
| Apr | 17 | Bright |
| May | 23 | Bright |
| Jun | 29 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 31 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 31 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 29 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 23 | Bright |
| Nov | 18 | Bright |
| Dec | 16 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Bayjī, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in October, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 3% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 99 | 98 | 92 | 93 | 99 | 93 | 93 | 98 | 91 | 91 | 99 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 99 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr | 92 | 7 | 1 |
| May | 93 | 6 | 1 |
| Jun | 99 | 1 | 0 |
| Jul | 93 | 7 | 0 |
| Aug | 93 | 7 | 0 |
| Sep | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct | 91 | 6 | 3 |
| Nov | 91 | 8 | 1 |
| Dec | 99 | 1 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Bayjī is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around Apr 11 to Sep 17. The windiest month is July, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 18 to Apr 10, with December the calmest month at about 10 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 11 | calm |
| Mar | 12 | light breeze |
| Apr | 13 | light breeze |
| May | 14 | light breeze |
| Jun | 16 | light breeze |
| Jul | 17 | light breeze |
| Aug | 16 | light breeze |
| Sep | 13 | light breeze |
| Oct | 11 | calm |
| Nov | 10 | calm |
| Dec | 10 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Bayjī
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Bayjī sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.
Best time to visit Bayjī
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bayjī throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early March, Bayjī is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bayjī for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to mid April and again from late October to early December, with a peak score in the second week of November.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.8 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 5.8 |
| Rating | fair | good | ideal | good | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | ideal | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 | fair |
| Feb | 6.1 | good |
| Mar | 7.7 | ideal |
| Apr | 6.9 | good |
| May | 3.1 | poor |
| Jun | 0.2 | poor |
| Jul | 0.0 | poor |
| Aug | 0.0 | poor |
| Sep | 0.9 | poor |
| Oct | 5.0 | fair |
| Nov | 7.8 | ideal |
| Dec | 5.8 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bayjī for hot-weather activities run from late March to mid May and again from early October to mid November, with a peak score in the last week of October.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Bayjī, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 43°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer.
In July, Bayjī sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Bayjī by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bayjī peaks around June 14 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 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Extreme | Moderate | Very high | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | Moderate |
| Feb | 3 | Moderate |
| Mar | 4 | Moderate |
| Apr | 5 | High |
| May | 7 | Very high |
| Jun | 10 | Extreme |
| Jul | 5 | Moderate |
| Aug | 8 | Very high |
| Sep | 5 | Moderate |
| Oct | 5 | Moderate |
| Nov | 3 | Moderate |
| Dec | 3 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Bayjī
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 1.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 1.5 | 0 |
| Mar | 4 | 0 |
| Apr | 5.5 | 0 |
| May | 7.5 | 4 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Jul | 6 | 0 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 4 |
| Sep | 5.5 | 0 |
| Oct | 4.5 | 0 |
| Nov | 2.5 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Air quality in Bayjī by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Bayjī 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 |
Growing season
Bayjī is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 93 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 97 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 93 | 0 |
| Feb | 97 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 97 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bayjī banks about 4,894 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 0 | 50 | 196 | 361 | 568 | 709 | 818 | 806 | 653 | 480 | 209 | 43 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 50 |
| Mar | 196 |
| Apr | 361 |
| May | 568 |
| Jun | 709 |
| Jul | 818 |
| Aug | 806 |
| Sep | 653 |
| Oct | 480 |
| Nov | 209 |
| Dec | 43 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Bayjī receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.6 and 8.0 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 28. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 66% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4.0 | Moderate |
| Mar | 5.3 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.5 | Intense |
| May | 7.4 | Intense |
| Jun | 8.0 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.9 | Intense |
| Aug | 7.3 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.2 | Intense |
| Oct | 4.6 | Bright |
| Nov | 3.4 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2.7 | Moderate |
Where is Bayjī?
Bayjī sits at 34.9°N, 43.5°E, 115 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al-'Alam, 31 km away.
Topography around Bayjī
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bayjī.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayjī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m.
The land around Bayjī is covered by bare terrain (37%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and cropland (25%) within 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
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 Bayjī (34.9291°, 43.4888°, elevation 115 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).