Kirkuk weather in September

In September, Kirkuk sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Kirkuk's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirkuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 38°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:50 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 5%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.8; 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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical September day in Kirkuk reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 4°C cooler than August and about 7°C warmer than October.

	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	29	30
Avg high (°C)	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34
Avg low (°C)	25	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	25
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	40	24
5	40	24
6	39	24
7	39	23
8	39	23
9	39	23
10	39	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	38	22
15	38	22
16	38	22
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	21
20	37	21
21	36	21
22	36	21
23	36	21
24	36	21
25	36	20
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	34	20

How September really feels in Kirkuk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September 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

7 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Kirkuk weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 9th-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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

	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	29	30
Clearer (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	97	97	96
Cloudier (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Kirkuk gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% 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	29	30
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September 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	29	30
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	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
29	100
30	100

Wind in September

Winds average 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	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
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 5:42 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	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:39	6:26
2	12.7	5:39	6:24
3	12.7	5:40	6:23
4	12.7	5:41	6:21
5	12.6	5:42	6:20
6	12.6	5:42	6:18
7	12.6	5:43	6:17
8	12.5	5:44	6:15
9	12.5	5:45	6:14
10	12.4	5:46	6:12
11	12.4	5:46	6:11
12	12.4	5:47	6:09
13	12.3	5:48	6:08
14	12.3	5:49	6:06
15	12.3	5:49	6:05
16	12.2	5:50	6:03
17	12.2	5:51	6:02
18	12.1	5:52	6:00
19	12.1	5:52	5:59
20	12.1	5:53	5:57
21	12.0	5:54	5:56
22	12.0	5:55	5:54
23	12.0	5:56	5:53
24	11.9	5:56	5:51
25	11.9	5:57	5:50
26	11.8	5:58	5:48
27	11.8	5:59	5:47
28	11.8	6:00	5:45
29	11.7	6:00	5:44
30	11.7	6:01	5:42

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.13 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 — September's 6.13 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	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.8	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Kirkuk

In seasonPeak

None of Kirkuk's seasonal hazards are active in September. 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

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Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Kirkuk?

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

1.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kirkuk.

What to pack for Kirkuk in September

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

In September, Kirkuk sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kirkuk in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 7 — 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 September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September 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

← August Kirkuk year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September 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	40	25
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	40	24
5	40	24
6	39	24
7	39	23
8	39	23
9	39	23
10	39	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	38	22
15	38	22
16	38	22
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	21
20	37	21
21	36	21
22	36	21
23	36	21
24	36	21
25	36	20
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	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
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	25
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	40	24
5	40	24
6	39	24
7	39	23
8	39	23
9	39	23
10	39	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	38	22
15	38	22
16	38	22
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	21
20	37	21
21	36	21
22	36	21
23	36	21
24	36	21
25	36	20
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	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
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	40	25
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	40	24
5	40	24
6	39	24
7	39	23
8	39	23
9	39	23
10	39	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	22
14	38	22
15	38	22
16	38	22
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	21
20	37	21
21	36	21
22	36	21
23	36	21
24	36	21
25	36	20
26	35	20
27	35	20
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	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
29	100
30	100