Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah weather in July

In July, Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah sees average daytime highs of 45°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 45°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of July to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
45°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
30°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:11 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
2%
1st clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 45°C through the month.

A typical July day in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah reaches about 45°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°C and 48°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 213.610.27.1
Feb21° / 112.610.88.1
Mar26° / 14°102.111.88.3
Apr32° / 19°7212.84.8
May39° / 25°40.513.61.0
Jun43° / 28°00140.0
Jul45° / 30°0013.90.0
Aug46° / 30°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 26°0012.20.0
Oct35° / 21°30.411.23.1
Nov26° / 14°162.410.48.1
Dec19° / 163107.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in July

Winds average 19 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of July to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:047:06
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah

In seasonPeak

In July, Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is July a good time to visit Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah.

What to pack for Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah in July

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

In July, Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah sees daytime highs around 45°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah 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 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyMay 1475 µg/m³Nov 1753 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun67Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep61Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov52Poor
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah?

Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah sits at 31.6°N, 44.6°E, 21 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Nahiyat Ghammas, 18 km away.

Al DiwaniyahAr RumaythahKufaNajafAs Samawah

Topography around Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m.

The land around Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah is covered by bare terrain (44%) and cropland (43%) within 3 km, bare terrain (54%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (68%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

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80 km
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treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Nahiyat Ghammas 18 km · Al Mishkhāb 29 km · Ash Shāmīyah 42 km · Al Diwaniyah 53 km · Ar Rumaythah 53 km · Kufa 56 km · Najaf 57 km · As Samawah 68 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
Christian 1%

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 Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah (31.5838°, 44.6467°, elevation 21 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).