Going from a maximum of +49°C during the day to a minimum of +30°C during the night, the temperature in July averages around +48°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 16% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +46°C to +49°C.
Basrah is typically hot in July.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +45°C to +47°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from +30°C to +32°C.
Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.
July is the hottest month in Basrah, here is the comparison with other months:
June | July | August | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+45°C | +47°C | +46°C | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+23°C | +25°C | +23°C | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+51°C | +54°C | +52°C | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
5 m/s | 5 m/s | 4 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
17% | 17% | 20% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
999 HPa | 995 HPa | 997 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
29 | 30 | 30 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
July weather is still as good as in June. It’s getting warmer as July arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +45°C to +47°C during the day. The rainfall amount in July stays the same as in the previous month with a 0 mm of total precipitation. Humidity levels don’t change as the month goes on, averaging around 17%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during July, staying around 5 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in July, from 29 to 30.
August brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 5 m/s getting up to 8 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Basrah is gradually decreasing during July, going from 7 m/s to 5 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Basrah in July has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+31°C) and the highest in 2021 (+36°C). The driest year was 2010 with only 42 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1996 with 314 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Basrah, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.