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Iraq

Sovereign state in Western Asia.

Capital: Baghdad
Population: 38.3 M
Area: 437,072 km²

Essentials

Emergency

Wikidata · 29 September 2026

Money

Iraqi dinar · IQD

No ECB reference rate for IQD

Wikidata · 29 September 2026

Power

CDG

230 V · 50 Hz

Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 29 September 2026

Driving

Right side

Wikidata · 29 September 2026

Time zone

UTC+03:00

Wikidata · 29 September 2026

Calling code

+964

Wikidata · 29 September 2026

Languages

Arabic, Kurdish

Wikidata · 29 September 2026

When to go to Iraq

BaghdadMosulBasra

Baghdad

Best: November – March

January: high 17 °C, low 6 °C, a best month.
February: high 18 °C, low 7 °C, a best month.
March: high 23 °C, low 11 °C, a best month.
April: high 31 °C, low 16 °C.
May: high 36 °C, low 21 °C.
June: high 43 °C, low 26 °C.
July: high 45 °C, low 29 °C.
August: high 43 °C, low 28 °C.
September: high 40 °C, low 25 °C.
October: high 33 °C, low 19 °C.
November: high 23 °C, low 13 °C, a best month.
December: high 18 °C, low 8 °C, a best month.

Average daily high (°C). Highlighted: daytime highs of 16–30 °C with under 120 mm of rain. Baghdad station (15 km away), 2013–2025 monthly records · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).

Mosul

Best: March – April, November

January: high 14 °C, low 3 °C, 56 mm of rain.
February: high 16 °C, low 4 °C, 47 mm of rain.
March: high 20 °C, low 8 °C, 118 mm of rain, a best month.
April: high 27 °C, low 12 °C, 66 mm of rain, a best month.
May: high 33 °C, low 16 °C, 20 mm of rain.
June: high 40 °C, low 22 °C, 1 mm of rain.
July: high 43 °C, low 24 °C, 0 mm of rain.
August: high 43 °C, low 24 °C.
September: high 38 °C, low 20 °C.
October: high 31 °C, low 15 °C.
November: high 21 °C, low 9 °C, 55 mm of rain, a best month.
December: high 16 °C, low 5 °C, 51 mm of rain.

Average daily high (°C) and monthly rain (mm). Highlighted: daytime highs of 16–30 °C with under 120 mm of rain. Mosul station (3 km away), 2013–2025 monthly records · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).

Basra

Best: November – March

January: high 20 °C, low 8 °C, 25 mm of rain, a best month.
February: high 22 °C, low 10 °C, 19 mm of rain, a best month.
March: high 27 °C, low 14 °C, a best month.
April: high 34 °C, low 20 °C.
May: high 41 °C, low 25 °C.
June: high 46 °C, low 28 °C, 0 mm of rain.
July: high 48 °C, low 30 °C, 0 mm of rain.
August: high 47 °C, low 29 °C.
September: high 45 °C, low 25 °C.
October: high 37 °C, low 20 °C.
November: high 27 °C, low 15 °C, a best month.
December: high 22 °C, low 10 °C, 31 mm of rain, a best month.

Average daily high (°C) and monthly rain (mm). Highlighted: daytime highs of 16–30 °C with under 120 mm of rain. Basrah station (6 km away), 2014–2025 monthly records · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).

Destinations

All 39 destinations

About Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, historically known in the west as Mesopotamia, is a country in West Asia. Located within the Middle East, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The country covers an area of 438,317 square kilometres (169,235 sq mi) and has a population of over 46 million, making it the 58th largest country by area and the 31st most populous in the world.

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Photo credits (109)

Baghdad: Haifa street, as seen from the medical city hospital across the tigres.jpg : Zzztriple2000 derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · Public domain · Commons
Kurdistan Region: MoElnene · CC0 · Commons
Mosul: Puskechina · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Erbil: Jim Gordon · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Basra: Aziz1005 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Commons
Karbala: SFC Larry E. Johns, USA · Public domain · Commons
Najaf: Toushiro · Public domain · Commons
Fallujah: LCPL JOEL A. CHAVERRI, USMC · Public domain · Commons
Tikrit: Looper5920 · Public domain · Commons
Sulaymaniyah: D. Zuppinger, uploaded by Giorces · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
Babylon: Mohamm3dfadil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Ur: M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Imam Husayn Shrine: User:HerbertReichart germany · Public domain · Commons
Imam Ali Shrine: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. · Public domain · Commons
Citadel of Erbil: jan kurdistani · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Iraq Museum: Hussein A.Al-mukhtar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Uruk: SAC Andy Holmes (RAF) · OGL v1.0 · Commons
Nineveh: Photo by Fredarch. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Samarra: Jim Gordon · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Assur: Véronique Dauge · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Commons
Ctesiphon: unknown author · Public domain · Commons
Hatra: en:User:Victrav · Copyrighted free use · Commons
Great Mosque of Samarra: IgorF · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Nimrud: Staff Sgt. JoAnn Makinano · Public domain · Commons
Nippur: Jasmine N. Walthall, U.S. Army · Public domain · Commons
Kish: MapMaster · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Seleucia: DaniDF1995 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Shanidar Cave: JosephV at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Taq Kasra: Safa.daneshvar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Larsa: MapMaster · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Dur-Sharrukin: unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Shuruppak: Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 2.5 · Commons
Mesopotamian Marshes: Hassan Janali, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domain · Commons
Isin: Gryffindor · Public domain · Commons
Al-Askari Shrine: Amir Hossein Nasooti · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
Umma: Rama · CC BY-SA 3.0 fr · Commons
Al-Hira: Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād · Public domain · Commons
Eshnunna: Marie-Lan Nguyen · Public domain · Commons
Borsippa: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Great Mosque of Kufa: David Stanley in Nanaimo, Canada now on flickr; originally from panoramio · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Victory Arch: Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force · Public domain · Commons
Girsu: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Great Mosque of al-Nuri: Ennolenze · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Dur-Kurigalzu: U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Robbins · CC0 · Commons
Al-Kadhimiya Mosque: Taisir Mahdi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Jarmo: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque: Younis ziyad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Adab: Marie-Lan Nguyen · Public domain · Commons
Lake Tharthar: Earth Satellite Corporation for NASA · Public domain · Commons
Abu Hanifa Mosque: Mohammed Qays Kazem · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Jemdet Nasr: Jastrow · Public domain · Commons
Bad-tibira: Unknown artist Unknown artist · Public domain · Commons
Al-Abbas Shrine: Sameralhusseini1987 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Nuzi: No machine-readable author provided. Zunkir assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Hadhrat al-Qadiriyya: Mustafa Waad Saeed · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Kutha: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Cheekha Dar: Arefdiako · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Charax Spasinu: Classical Numismatic Group ; · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Wasit: Ahmed Mahdi Salih · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Tell al-'Ubaid: David Stanley · CC BY 3.0 · Commons
Ezekiel's Tomb: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer / Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. · Public domain · Commons
Mor Mattai Monastery: kyselak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Abu Delf Mosque: Omarfox ali · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Tepe Gawra: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Al-Ukhaidir Fortress: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Rabban Hormizd Monastery: Uploaded originally to en.wikipedia.com by Chaldean · Public domain · Commons
Anah: Abdulrahman Al-Rawi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Umm al-Qura Mosque: Mohammed Harith Khalil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Firdos Square: Nicoleon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Dair Mar Elia: Doug · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Baghdad Zoo: DVIDSHUB · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Mosul Museum: Levi Clancy · CC0 · Commons
Khafajah: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Abbasid Palace: عدنان السطاي · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Kirkuk Citadel: Chad.r.hill at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Commons
Lake Dukan: User:Zirguezi · Public domain · Commons
Al-Rahman Mosque: Omar Chatriwala from Doha, Qatar · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Al-Khulafa Mosque: Osamah Ibrahim · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Marad: علي خالد الموسوي · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Jerwan: Levi Clancy · CC0 · Commons
Lake Milh: NASA · Public domain · Commons
Lake Habbaniyah: DVIDSHUB · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Al-Shaab Stadium: Makaay31 · Public domain · Commons
Sulaymaniyah Museum: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Mar Behnam Monastery: Aram33 · Public domain · Commons
Al-Sahlah Mosque: Zygoptera · CC0 · Commons
Salman Al-Farsi Mosque: PersianDutchNetwork · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Delal Bridge: David Stanley · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows: Christian World · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Ankawa: Basharh · Public domain · Commons
Tell Arpachiyah: Adrian84 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Baghdad Tower: MohammadHuzam · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Halgurd: Diyako kazm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Tell al-Rimah: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Great Synagogue of Baghdad: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Commons
Haydar-Khana Mosque: Salam Pax from Baghdad, Iraq · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Tal Afar Citadel: Original uploader was Kparker84 ( talk ) at en.wikipedia · Public domain · Commons
Basrah Museum: PersianDutchNetwork · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Sawa Lake: aziz1005 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Malgium: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Baba Nanak Shrine: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Commons
Sayidat al-Nejat Cathedral: my friend? · Attribution · Commons
Mount Alfaf: Levi Clancy · CC BY 4.0 · Commons
Yarim Tepe: Middle_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur ( talk ) derivative work: PequoD 76 ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Latin Cathedral of St. Joseph: Aziz1005 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Nemrik 9: Zunkir · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Hassuna: Middle_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur ( talk ) derivative work: PequoD 76 ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Bash Tapia Castle: Eng Omer Akram · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

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About Iraq