According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Iraq is March to April and October to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Iraq
- Best months
- March to April and October to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What Iraq is best for
Visit ancient Mesopotamian sites like Ur, Babylon, and Ctesiphon, plus the marshlands and holy cities.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Iraq by month
Monthly averages around Baghdad; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 9 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| February | about 12 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| March best | about 17 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| April best | about 22 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| May | about 29 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| June | about 35 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| July | about 37 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| August | about 37 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| September | about 33 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| October best | about 27 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| November best | about 17 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| December | about 11 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Iraq
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type C, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +964
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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