Tikrīt weather in July

In July, Tikrīt sees average daytime highs of 44°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Tikrīt's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tikrīt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
1st warmest
Overnight low
30°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:08 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
2%
1st clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tikrīt is city in Saladin, Iraq.

Founded
~615 CE

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month.

A typical July day in Tikrīt reaches about 44°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 41°C and 47°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Tikrīt

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.

Tikrīt weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 355.99.95.3
Feb18° / 304.910.76.7
Mar23° / 11°304.511.78.1
Apr29° / 17°183.112.86.4
May36° / 22°41.113.82.5
Jun42° / 27°0014.30.0
Jul44° / 30°0014.10.0
Aug44° / 29°0013.30.0
Sep40° / 25°00.112.20.5
Oct33° / 20°111.311.14.5
Nov23° / 12°253.810.28.1
Dec17° / 325.59.76.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

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

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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Tikrīt gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in July, the driest month. 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

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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in July

Winds average 17 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:00 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:05 PM.

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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 7.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.86 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Tikrīt

In seasonPeak

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

Tikrīt sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is July a good time to visit Tikrīt?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tikrīt.

What to pack for Tikrīt in July

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

In July, Tikrīt sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tikrīt in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tikrīt peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5Moderate
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Tikrīt 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 Tikrīt is worst in July — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1959 µg/m³Nov 1643 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr50Poor
May55Poor
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug57Unhealthy
Sep50Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Tikrīt?

Tikrīt sits at 34.6°N, 43.7°E, 112 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al-'Alam, 10 km away.

BaladŢūz KhūrmātūTāzah KhūrmātūAd DujaylAsh Sharqāt

Topography around Tikrīt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tikrīt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m.

The land around Tikrīt is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (41%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
84 m
80 km
469 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Al-'Alam 10 km · Bayjī 39 km · Sāmarrā’ 50 km · Balad 79 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 92 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 97 km · Ad Dujayl 100 km · Ash Sharqāt 108 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 Tikrīt (34.6158°, 43.6786°, elevation 112 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).