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Iraq
Najaf
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City · 724,700 people

Najaf

City in central-south Iraq.

In and around Najaf

Map
  1. Imam Ali ShrineReligious sites · Najaf
  2. Al-HiraHistory & heritage · Najaf
  3. Great Mosque of KufaReligious sites · Najaf
  4. Ezekiel's TombReligious sites · Najaf
  5. DilbatHistory & heritage · Najaf
  6. Al-Sahlah MosqueReligious sites · Najaf

Weather by season

  • Dec–Feb18° / 7°(a good time to go)
  • Mar–May30° / 16°
  • Jun–Aug44° / 28°
  • Sep–Nov32° / 19°

Average high / low (°C). Data for Baghdad, 143 km away. Highlighted: the best months to go. Baghdad station, 2013–2025 monthly records · Meteostat. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others. (CC BY 4.0).

About Najaf

Najaf is the capital city of the eponymous Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 was about 1.41 million people. The city holds the Imam Ali Shrine, the burial place of Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Rashidun caliph.

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Full Najaf travel guide

Getting around, food, where to stay

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Photo credits (6)
  • Imam Ali Shrine: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. · Public domain · Commons
  • Al-Hira: Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād · Public domain · Commons
  • Great Mosque of Kufa: David Stanley in Nanaimo, Canada now on flickr; originally from panoramio · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
  • Ezekiel's Tomb: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer / Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. · Public domain · Commons
  • Dilbat: MapMaster · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
  • Al-Sahlah Mosque: Zygoptera · CC0 · Commons