Zaxo weather in November

In November, Zaxo sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of November to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Zaxo's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaxo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 66 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 6:55 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Zaxo is city and centre of the Zakho District in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical November day in Zaxo reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 9°C cooler than October and about 6°C warmer than December.

	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
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How November really feels in Zaxo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 1 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 November is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Zaxo weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / -2°	113	10.3	5.6	9.7	1.4
Feb	10° / -1°	108	11.3	5.6	10.6	2.0
Mar	14° / 3°	116	12.3	2.9	11.7	4.0
Apr	20° / 7°	84	10.3	0.2	12.9	6.3
May	26° / 12°	35	6	0	14	7.4
Jun	33° / 17°	2	0.6	0	14.5	4.5
Jul	37° / 21°	1	0.2	0	14.3	1.9
Aug	37° / 20°	1	0.1	0	13.4	2.3
Sep	32° / 15°	1	0.4	0	12.3	5.6
Oct	25° / 11°	29	4	0	11	8.0
Nov	16° / 4°	66	7.1	0.7	10	5.7
Dec	10° / -0°	105	9.9	3.5	9.5	2.4

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. 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
Clearer (%)	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	66	66	66	65	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	61	61	61	60	59	58
Cloudier (%)	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	39	40	41	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitationSnow

Zaxo gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 24% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 1 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	29	30
Rain chance (%)	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	25	0
3	25	0
4	25	0
5	25	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	23	0
9	23	0
10	22	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	22	1
14	22	1
15	22	2
16	23	2
17	23	2
18	23	3
19	23	3
20	24	3
21	24	4
22	24	4
23	25	4
24	25	5
25	25	5
26	26	5
27	26	5
28	26	6
29	27	6
30	27	6

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November 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	29	30
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	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
29	100
30	100

Wind in November

Winds average 5 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of November to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 7:09 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 4:48 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
Daylight (h)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:00	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:54	4:53	4:53	4:52	4:52	4:51	4:51	4:50	4:50	4:49	4:49	4:49	4:49	4:48	4:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:40	5:06
2	10.4	6:41	5:05
3	10.4	6:42	5:04
4	10.3	6:43	5:03
5	10.3	6:44	5:02
6	10.3	6:45	5:01
7	10.2	6:46	5:00
8	10.2	6:47	5:00
9	10.2	6:48	4:59
10	10.1	6:49	4:58
11	10.1	6:50	4:57
12	10.1	6:51	4:56
13	10.1	6:52	4:56
14	10.0	6:53	4:55
15	10.0	6:54	4:54
16	10.0	6:55	4:54
17	9.9	6:56	4:53
18	9.9	6:57	4:53
19	9.9	6:58	4:52
20	9.9	6:59	4:52
21	9.8	7:00	4:51
22	9.8	7:01	4:51
23	9.8	7:02	4:50
24	9.8	7:03	4:50
25	9.8	7:04	4:49
26	9.7	7:05	4:49
27	9.7	7:06	4:49
28	9.7	7:07	4:49
29	9.7	7:08	4:48
30	9.7	7:09	4:48

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 2.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.23 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in July across the year — November's 2.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate
29	2.5	Moderate
30	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Zaxo

In seasonPeak

In November, Zaxo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Zaxo's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is November a good time to visit Zaxo?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Zaxo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zaxo in November

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

In November, Zaxo sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zaxo in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November 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 Zaxo peaks around June 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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	8	11	9	10	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very 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	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Zaxo in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Zaxo is worst in May — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 17 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)	18	22	27	29	30	24	23	22	22	23	18	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Zaxo?

Zaxo sits at 37.1°N, 42.7°E, 439 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Silopi, 22 km away.

Topography around Zaxo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaxo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m around an average of 469 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 875 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,101 m.

The land around Zaxo is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

224 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

875 m

grassland 54%

80 km

3,101 m

grassland 53%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← October Zaxo year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Silopi 22 km · Batifa 29 km · Sumayl 35 km · Simele 35 km · Dihok 41 km · Şırnak 45 km · Al Mālikīyah 48 km · Cizre 49 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 Zaxo (37.1487°, 42.6859°, elevation 439 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	20	7
2	20	7
3	20	7
4	19	7
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	5
10	18	5
11	18	5
12	17	5
13	17	5
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	3
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	14	3
24	14	3
25	14	2
26	14	2
27	13	2
28	13	2
29	13	2
30	13	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	25	0
3	25	0
4	25	0
5	25	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	23	0
9	23	0
10	22	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	22	1
14	22	1
15	22	2
16	23	2
17	23	2
18	23	3
19	23	3
20	24	3
21	24	4
22	24	4
23	25	4
24	25	5
25	25	5
26	26	5
27	26	5
28	26	6
29	27	6
30	27	6

	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
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	25	0
3	25	0
4	25	0
5	25	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	23	0
9	23	0
10	22	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	22	1
14	22	1
15	22	2
16	23	2
17	23	2
18	23	3
19	23	3
20	24	3
21	24	4
22	24	4
23	25	4
24	25	5
25	25	5
26	26	5
27	26	5
28	26	6
29	27	6
30	27	6

	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
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	66	34
17	65	35
18	66	34
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	62	38
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	60	40
29	59	41
30	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	0
2	25	0
3	25	0
4	25	0
5	25	0
6	24	0
7	24	0
8	23	0
9	23	0
10	22	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	22	1
14	22	1
15	22	2
16	23	2
17	23	2
18	23	3
19	23	3
20	24	3
21	24	4
22	24	4
23	25	4
24	25	5
25	25	5
26	26	5
27	26	5
28	26	6
29	27	6
30	27	6

	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
29	100
30	100