Mandalī weather in February

In February, Mandalī sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 43 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Mandalī's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mandalī's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:50 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 10th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Mandalī is town in Balad Ruz District, Diyala Governorate, 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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical February day in Mandalī reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

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

How February really feels in Mandalī

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.

Mandalī 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	16° / 7°	58	7.1	10	5.7
Feb	18° / 8°	43	5.7	10.7	6.8
Mar	24° / 12°	45	5.2	11.7	8.0
Apr	30° / 17°	25	3.7	12.8	5.9
May	37° / 23°	8	1.4	13.7	1.8
Jun	43° / 27°	0	0	14.2	0.0
Jul	45° / 30°	0	0	14	0.0
Aug	45° / 30°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	41° / 25°	0	0	12.2	0.2
Oct	34° / 20°	13	2.1	11.2	3.7
Nov	24° / 13°	47	4.8	10.2	7.9
Dec	18° / 9°	55	6.6	9.8	6.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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 (%)	68	68	69	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	74
Cloudier (%)	32	32	31	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Mandalī gets around 43 mm of rain over 5.7 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 20% and peaks near 24% 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 (%)	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17

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

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

Wind in February

Winds average 14 km/h in February.

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 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 7:01 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:47 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	10.4	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	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:23	5:24	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	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:01	5:22
2	10.4	7:00	5:23
3	10.4	7:00	5:24
4	10.4	6:59	5:24
5	10.5	6:58	5:25
6	10.5	6:58	5:26
7	10.5	6:57	5:27
8	10.5	6:56	5:28
9	10.6	6:55	5:29
10	10.6	6:54	5:30
11	10.6	6:53	5:31
12	10.7	6:53	5:32
13	10.7	6:52	5:33
14	10.7	6:51	5:34
15	10.8	6:50	5:35
16	10.8	6:49	5:36
17	10.8	6:48	5:37
18	10.8	6:47	5:38
19	10.9	6:46	5:39
20	10.9	6:45	5:39
21	10.9	6:44	5:40
22	11.0	6:43	5:41
23	11.0	6:42	5:42
24	11.0	6:40	5:43
25	11.1	6:39	5:44
26	11.1	6:38	5:45
27	11.1	6:37	5:46
28	11.2	6:36	5:47

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.09 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)	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Mandalī

In seasonPeak

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

Mandalī 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 Mandalī?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Mandalī for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mandalī in February

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

In February, Mandalī sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 6 days see rain.

UV index in Mandalī in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mandalī peaks around June 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Mandalī 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 Mandalī is worst in May — around 64 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)	51	54	61	63	64	56	54	54	56	63	54	52
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	61	Unhealthy
Apr	63	Unhealthy
May	64	Unhealthy
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	54	Poor
Aug	54	Poor
Sep	56	Unhealthy
Oct	63	Unhealthy
Nov	54	Poor
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mandalī?

Mandalī sits at 33.7°N, 45.6°E, 129 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Miqdādīyah, 63 km away.

Topography around Mandalī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mandalī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,448 m.

The land around Mandalī is covered by cropland (53%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (39%), grassland (36%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), grassland (33%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

cropland 53%

16 km

324 m

bare terrain 39%

80 km

2,448 m

bare terrain 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Al Miqdādīyah 63 km · Khānaqīn 68 km · Eyvān 70 km · Īlām 81 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 84 km · Qaşr-e Shīrīn 85 km · Baqubah 88 km · Khāliş 95 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 Mandalī (33.7481°, 45.555°, elevation 129 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	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	8
7	17	8
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	18	8
13	18	8
14	18	8
15	18	8
16	19	8
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	10
25	20	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1