Baghdad
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📷 Aurelio de Sandoval· CC BY 3.0"Bayt al-Hikma | The House of Wisdom"
About
Baghdad is the capital and largest city in Iraq. It is located on the banks of the Tigris in central Iraq. The city has an estimated population of 8 million. It ranks among the most populous and largest cities in the Middle East and the Arab world and constitutes 22% of Iraq's population. Baghdad is a primary financial and commercial center in the region.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baghdad, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Baghdad
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
38° / 23°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
30° / 24°
UV High
Sun
Partly cloudy
32° / 22°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
37° / 22°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
34° / 23°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
34° / 21°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
47° / 12°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.9h
05:02 – 18:54local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Baghdad
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW) at 14 km.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Tomislav Šipek.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.