Basrah is typically mild in February.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +64°F to +70°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +46°F to +50°F.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

February is one of the coolest months in Basrah, here is the comparison with other months:

February often has better weather than January. It’s getting warmer as February arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +64°F to +70°F during the day. As February arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 28 mm to 18 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 68% to 56%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during February, staying around 3 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in February, from 15 to 16.

Next month (March) brings a further decline in the weather.

The climate in Basrah in February has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+88°F) and the highest in 2021 (+97°F). 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.