Sulaymaniyah weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇶 Iraq · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Sulaymaniyah is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with October and April close behind. Sulaymaniyah averages about 3,158 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,158
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 340 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈34 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 878k
- Elevation
- 740 m
When is the best time to visit Sulaymaniyah?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sulaymaniyah is May, then October and April. The dullest month is July (0/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sulaymaniyah?
Sulaymaniyah is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,158 hours of sunshine a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate May (94) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 6 destinations in Iraq for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,280 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 44% of the annual 340 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| February | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 50 mm | 3 |
| March | 73 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 55 mm | 5 |
| April | 90 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 45 mm | 6 |
| May | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 20 mm | 8 |
| June | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 10 |
| July | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 25° / 77°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| August | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 24° / 75°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 7 |
| October | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 23 mm | 5 |
| November | 74 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 49 mm | 3 |
| December | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 47 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Erbil Iraq · 144 km · best in Oct · 3,144 h sun/yr
- Kermanshah Iran · 215 km · best in May · 3,357 h sun/yr
- Urmia Iran · 235 km · best in Sep · 3,227 h sun/yr
- Baghdad Iraq · 274 km · best in Apr · 3,313 h sun/yr
- Tabriz Iran · 297 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 368 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kirkuk Iraq · 88 km · 3,246 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Hakkari Türkiye · 241 km · 3,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Sulaymaniyah compares month by month: Sulaymaniyah vs Baghdad · Sulaymaniyah vs Erbil · Sulaymaniyah vs Kermanshah · Sulaymaniyah vs Urmia · all comparisons
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