Najaf is typically hot in October.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +108°F to +95°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +79°F to +68°F.

Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.

Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Najaf:

October weather is still as good as in September. It’s getting colder in October. From +108°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +95°F. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 0 mm to 3 mm. Humidity rises from 24% to 34%. Winds are calmer in comparison to September, going down from 3 m/s to 2 m/s on average. The days becoming less sunny, going from 29 sunny days in September to 22 in October.

But maybe it is worth considering traveling in November as the weather gets better.

The climate in Najaf in October has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+85°F) and the highest in 2010 (+94°F). The driest year was 2021 with only 15 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2013 with 165 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Najaf, 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.