Kirkuk weather in February

In February, Kirkuk sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 78 mm of precipitation across 9.6 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 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kirkuk's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirkuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 78 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:57 AM – 5:37 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kirkuk is city in 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 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical February day in Kirkuk reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 19°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7

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

How February really feels in Kirkuk

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.

Kirkuk 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	87	10	0.7	9.9	3.7
Feb	15° / 5°	78	9.6	0.5	10.7	4.5
Mar	19° / 9°	77	9.2	0.1	11.7	6.5
Apr	25° / 14°	53	7.2	0	12.9	7.4
May	32° / 19°	17	3.6	0	13.8	4.7
Jun	39° / 24°	1	0.3	0	14.3	1.0
Jul	42° / 27°	0	0.1	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	42° / 27°	0	0.1	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	38° / 22°	1	0.4	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	30° / 17°	29	2.7	0	11.1	6.0
Nov	21° / 10°	57	6.3	0	10.1	7.4
Dec	15° / 6°	81	8.9	0.1	9.6	4.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	60	60	61	61	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	62	63
Cloudier (%)	40	40	39	39	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	38	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Kirkuk gets around 78 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	36	2
4	36	2
5	36	2
6	35	2
7	35	2
8	35	2
9	35	2
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	34	2
15	34	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	32	2
25	32	2
26	31	2
27	31	1
28	30	1

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 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 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 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:50 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)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42
Sunset (PM)	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	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:09	5:23
2	10.3	7:08	5:24
3	10.3	7:08	5:25
4	10.3	7:07	5:26
5	10.3	7:06	5:27
6	10.4	7:05	5:28
7	10.4	7:04	5:29
8	10.4	7:04	5:30
9	10.5	7:03	5:31
10	10.5	7:02	5:32
11	10.5	7:01	5:33
12	10.6	7:00	5:34
13	10.6	6:59	5:35
14	10.6	6:58	5:36
15	10.7	6:57	5:37
16	10.7	6:56	5:38
17	10.7	6:55	5:39
18	10.8	6:54	5:40
19	10.8	6:53	5:41
20	10.8	6:52	5:42
21	10.9	6:51	5:43
22	10.9	6:49	5:44
23	10.9	6:48	5:45
24	11.0	6:47	5:46
25	11.0	6:46	5:47
26	11.1	6:45	5:48
27	11.1	6:43	5:49
28	11.1	6:42	5:50

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.69 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)	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kirkuk

In seasonPeak

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

Kirkuk sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kirkuk?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kirkuk for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kirkuk in February

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

In February, Kirkuk sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Kirkuk 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 Kirkuk peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (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)	2	4	4	6	8	10	7	9	7	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Kirkuk 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 Kirkuk is worst in March — around 55 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)	48	50	55	55	55	55	52	53	55	54	49	49
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	55	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Poor
May	55	Unhealthy
Jun	55	Poor
Jul	52	Poor
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	55	Poor
Oct	54	Poor
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	49	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kirkuk?

Kirkuk sits at 35.5°N, 44.4°E, 346 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Tāzah Khūrmātū, 19 km away.

Topography around Kirkuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirkuk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 348 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,748 m.

The land around Kirkuk is covered by artificial surfaces (77%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), grassland (30%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

79 m

artificial surfaces 77%

16 km

407 m

cropland 33%

80 km

1,748 m

grassland 41%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Tāzah Khūrmātū 19 km · Jamjamāl 41 km · Shūrash 41 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 68 km · Koysinceq 72 km · Khasnahzān 85 km · Erbil 87 km · Hajiawa 93 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 Kirkuk (35.4681°, 44.3922°, elevation 346 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	36	2
4	36	2
5	36	2
6	35	2
7	35	2
8	35	2
9	35	2
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	34	2
15	34	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	32	2
25	32	2
26	31	2
27	31	1
28	30	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	36	2
4	36	2
5	36	2
6	35	2
7	35	2
8	35	2
9	35	2
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	34	2
15	34	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	32	2
25	32	2
26	31	2
27	31	1
28	30	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	60	40
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	62	38
28	63	37

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	2
2	37	2
3	36	2
4	36	2
5	36	2
6	35	2
7	35	2
8	35	2
9	35	2
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	2
14	34	2
15	34	2
16	34	2
17	34	2
18	34	2
19	34	2
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	33	2
23	33	2
24	32	2
25	32	2
26	31	2
27	31	1
28	30	1

	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