Tallkayf weather in February

In February, Tallkayf sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 71 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 Tallkayf's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tallkayf's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 71 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:04 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Tallkayf is place in Nineveh, 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 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Tallkayf reaches about 14°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 9°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°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)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How February really feels in Tallkayf

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.

Tallkayf weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	80	10.2	9.8	3.2
Feb	14° / 5°	71	9.6	10.6	4.1
Mar	18° / 8°	72	9.1	11.7	6.2
Apr	24° / 13°	50	7.1	12.9	7.5
May	32° / 18°	19	3.4	13.9	5.1
Jun	39° / 24°	1	0.3	14.4	1.1
Jul	42° / 27°	0	0.1	14.2	0.0
Aug	42° / 26°	0	0	13.4	0.0
Sep	37° / 22°	1	0.2	12.2	2.1
Oct	30° / 17°	21	2.7	11.1	6.3
Nov	20° / 10°	54	6.1	10.1	7.2
Dec	14° / 6°	72	8.4	9.6	4.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	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 (%)	51	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	58	58	58	58	58
Cloudier (%)	49	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	44	42	42	42	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Tallkayf gets around 71 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 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	31	31
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	1
3	36	1
4	35	1
5	35	1
6	35	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	34	1
22	34	1
23	34	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	32	0
27	31	0
28	31	0

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 7 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	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 7:16 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:54 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	10.2	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	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:48
Sunset (PM)	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	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54

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

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.46 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Tallkayf

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Tallkayf?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Tallkayf for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tallkayf in February

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

In February, Tallkayf sees daytime highs around 14°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 Tallkayf in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tallkayf peaks around June 14 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 9 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Tallkayf 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 Tallkayf is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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)	29	34	40	39	38	35	31	30	30	31	27	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tallkayf?

Tallkayf sits at 36.5°N, 43.1°E, 279 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Mosul, 17 km away.

Topography around Tallkayf

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tallkayf has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 289 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 427 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,135 m.

The land around Tallkayf is covered by cropland (86%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

cropland 86%

16 km

427 m

cropland 72%

80 km

2,135 m

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Mosul 17 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 18 km · Al-Hamdaniya 34 km · Sīnah 36 km · Dihok 43 km · Simele 47 km · Sumayl 48 km · 'Ākra 73 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 Tallkayf (36.4912°, 43.1211°, elevation 279 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	12	4
2	12	4
3	12	4
4	12	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	13	4
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	14	5
18	14	5
19	14	5
20	15	5
21	15	5
22	15	6
23	15	6
24	15	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	1
3	36	1
4	35	1
5	35	1
6	35	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	34	1
22	34	1
23	34	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	32	0
27	31	0
28	31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	1
3	36	1
4	35	1
5	35	1
6	35	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	34	1
22	34	1
23	34	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	32	0
27	31	0
28	31	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	54	46
8	54	46
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	1
2	36	1
3	36	1
4	35	1
5	35	1
6	35	1
7	34	1
8	34	1
9	34	1
10	34	2
11	34	2
12	34	2
13	34	1
14	34	1
15	34	1
16	34	1
17	34	1
18	35	1
19	35	1
20	35	1
21	34	1
22	34	1
23	34	1
24	33	1
25	33	1
26	32	0
27	31	0
28	31	0

	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