Abū Ghurayb
City in Iraq: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Abū Ghurayb is a city in Iraq, in Baghdad. About 900,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Iraq in our atlas.
It lies at 33.31° N, 44.18° E, about 42 m (138 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Baghdad time zone.
Location
Red dot: Abū Ghurayb. Green dots: other major cities of Iraq. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Abū Ghurayb has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 46°C (114°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (37°F). Around 201 mm (8 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in IraqNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Baghdad · 20 km
- Sadr City · 27 km
- Al Hillah · 96 km
- Kirkuk · 241 km
- Sulaymaniyah · 276 km
- Nasiriyah · 315 km
- Erbil · 321 km
- Mosul · 350 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 100077 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q335021 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- The ziggurat at Aqar Quf: U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Robbins, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Day of Commitment Ceremony DVIDS493636: Staff Sgt. Caleb Barrieau, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
