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Mosul
City in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province.
In and around Mosul
MapWeather by season
- Dec–Feb15° / 4°154 mm
- Mar–May27° / 12°204 mm(a good time to go)
- Jun–Aug42° / 24°
- Sep–Nov30° / 15°
Average high / low (°C) and rain per season. Highlighted: the best months to go. Mosul station, 2013–2025 monthly records · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).
About Mosul
Mosul is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. It is the second largest city in Iraq overall after the capital Baghdad and situated on the banks of Tigris. The ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, once the largest city in the world, are on the east side of the city.
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Photo credits (9)
- Nineveh: Photo by Fredarch. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Dur-Sharrukin: unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Great Mosque of al-Nuri: Ennolenze · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque: Younis ziyad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Dair Mar Elia: Doug · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Mosul Museum: Levi Clancy · CC0 · Commons
- Tell Arpachiyah: Adrian84 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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








