Kifrī weather in February

In February, Kifrī sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 62 mm of rain across 7.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kifrī's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kifrī's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 7.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:54 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Kifrī is Town in northern Iraq.

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 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical February day in Kifrī reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9

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

How February really feels in Kifrī

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.

Kifrī weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	74	8.3	9.9	4.8
Feb	17° / 7°	62	7.7	10.7	5.7
Mar	22° / 11°	61	6.9	11.7	7.4
Apr	28° / 16°	35	4.7	12.8	6.9
May	35° / 22°	8	1.9	13.8	3.0
Jun	41° / 27°	0	0.1	14.3	0.1
Jul	44° / 29°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Aug	44° / 29°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	40° / 25°	1	0.1	12.2	0.7
Oct	32° / 20°	20	2	11.1	4.8
Nov	23° / 12°	47	5.4	10.2	7.8
Dec	17° / 8°	71	7.5	9.7	5.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	69	69	69	69	70	70	69	70	70	69	69	70	69
Cloudier (%)	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	31	31	31	31	30	30	31	30	30	31	31	30	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	69	31

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kifrī gets around 62 mm of rain over 7.7 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 27% and peaks near 31% 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 (%)	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	23

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

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 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 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 7:05 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:48 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:05	5:22
2	10.3	7:04	5:23
3	10.3	7:04	5:24
4	10.4	7:03	5:25
5	10.4	7:02	5:26
6	10.4	7:02	5:27
7	10.5	7:01	5:28
8	10.5	7:00	5:29
9	10.5	6:59	5:30
10	10.5	6:58	5:31
11	10.6	6:57	5:32
12	10.6	6:56	5:33
13	10.6	6:56	5:34
14	10.7	6:55	5:35
15	10.7	6:54	5:36
16	10.7	6:53	5:37
17	10.8	6:52	5:38
18	10.8	6:51	5:39
19	10.8	6:49	5:40
20	10.9	6:48	5:41
21	10.9	6:47	5:42
22	10.9	6:46	5:43
23	11.0	6:45	5:43
24	11.0	6:44	5:44
25	11.0	6:43	5:45
26	11.1	6:42	5:46
27	11.1	6:40	5:47
28	11.1	6:39	5:48

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.89 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)	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kifrī

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kifrī?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kifrī for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kifrī in February

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

In February, Kifrī sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Kifrī 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 Kifrī peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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	4	4	6	8	10	6	9	7	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	6	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kifrī 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 Kifrī is worst in May — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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)	45	46	52	50	53	49	47	47	46	46	43	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	53	Poor
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	47	Poor
Aug	47	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kifrī?

Kifrī sits at 34.7°N, 45.0°E, 229 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Kelar, 33 km away.

Topography around Kifrī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kifrī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 235 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,759 m.

The land around Kifrī is covered by bare terrain (42%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%), grassland (30%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), bare terrain (35%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

120 m

bare terrain 42%

16 km

334 m

bare terrain 43%

80 km

1,759 m

grassland 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Kelar 33 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 37 km · Khānaqīn 55 km · Qaşr-e Shīrīn 60 km · Al Miqdādīyah 79 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 86 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 89 km · Shūrash 92 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 Kifrī (34.6896°, 44.9606°, elevation 229 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	15	6
2	15	6
3	15	6
4	15	6
5	15	6
6	15	6
7	15	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	69	31

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	69	31

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	69	31
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	69	31

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

	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