Sinjār weather in October

In October, Sinjār sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 17 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Sinjār's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sinjār's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 17 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:26 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Sinjār is Yazidi town in northern Iraq.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical October day in Sinjār reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 9°C warmer than November.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	29	18
17	29	18
18	29	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

How October really feels in Sinjār

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 4 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

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

Sinjār weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 4°	52	8.7	0.5	9.8	3.0
Feb	13° / 5°	44	8.2	0.4	10.6	4.0
Mar	18° / 9°	48	7.5	0	11.7	6.4
Apr	24° / 14°	32	5.7	0	12.9	7.7
May	31° / 19°	16	3.5	0	13.9	5.3
Jun	38° / 24°	1	0.4	0	14.4	1.7
Jul	41° / 27°	0	0.1	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	40° / 27°	0	0.1	0	13.4	0.1
Sep	36° / 23°	1	0.2	0	12.2	2.8
Oct	29° / 18°	17	2.9	0	11.1	6.8
Nov	20° / 10°	34	5.5	0	10.1	7.1
Dec	13° / 6°	48	7.3	0.3	9.6	4.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	94	94	93	92	91	91	89	89	89	87	87	86	85	84	84	83	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	6	6	7	8	9	9	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Sinjār gets around 17 mm of rain over 2.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17

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

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 93% 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	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October.

Across October, 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	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	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	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:12 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	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:12	5:51
2	11.6	6:13	5:49
3	11.6	6:14	5:48
4	11.5	6:15	5:46
5	11.5	6:16	5:45
6	11.4	6:17	5:43
7	11.4	6:18	5:42
8	11.4	6:19	5:40
9	11.3	6:19	5:39
10	11.3	6:20	5:37
11	11.2	6:21	5:36
12	11.2	6:22	5:35
13	11.2	6:23	5:33
14	11.1	6:24	5:32
15	11.1	6:25	5:31
16	11.1	6:26	5:29
17	11.0	6:27	5:28
18	11.0	6:28	5:27
19	10.9	6:29	5:25
20	10.9	6:30	5:24
21	10.9	6:31	5:23
22	10.8	6:32	5:22
23	10.8	6:32	5:20
24	10.8	6:33	5:19
25	10.7	6:34	5:18
26	10.7	6:35	5:17
27	10.7	6:36	5:16
28	10.6	6:37	5:15
29	10.6	6:38	5:14
30	10.6	6:39	5:13
31	10.5	6:40	5:12

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.46 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Sinjār

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Mar

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Sinjār?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

8.1

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Sinjār for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sinjār in October

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

In October, Sinjār sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Sinjār in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Sinjār peaks around June 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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	3	4	6	7	11	6	9	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	6	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Sinjār in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sinjār is worst in June — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 27 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	32	39	39	42	45	45	42	37	33	27	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	42	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	37	Poor
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sinjār?

Sinjār sits at 36.3°N, 41.9°E, 517 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Mālikīyah, 98 km away.

Topography around Sinjār

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sinjār has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m around an average of 530 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,102 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,254 m.

The land around Sinjār is covered by grassland (36%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

282 m

grassland 36%

16 km

1,102 m

cropland 48%

80 km

1,254 m

cropland 76%

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← September Sinjār year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Al Mālikīyah 98 km · Al Qāmishlī 100 km · Nusaybin 102 km · Al Ḩasakah 103 km · Sumayl 105 km · Simele 105 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 110 km · Mosul 111 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 Sinjār (36.3209°, 41.8766°, elevation 517 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	33	20
2	33	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	29	18
17	29	18
18	29	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	29	18
17	29	18
18	29	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	19
8	31	19
9	31	19
10	31	19
11	31	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	29	18
17	29	18
18	29	17
19	28	17
20	28	17
21	28	17
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	77	23
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	96	4
12	96	4
13	95	5
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	90	10