Basrah
City in Iraq: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Basra-Shatt-Al-Arab: Aziz1005, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Basrah is a city in Iraq, in Basra. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Iraq in our atlas.
It lies at 30.51° N, 47.78° E, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Baghdad time zone.
Location
Red dot: Basrah. Green dots: other major cities of Iraq. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Basrah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 47°C (117°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 6°C (42°F). Around 84 mm (3 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
- Nasiriyah · 158 km
- Al Hillah · 388 km
- Sadr City · 451 km
- Baghdad · 451 km
- Abū Ghurayb · 463 km
- Sulaymaniyah · 604 km
- Kirkuk · 639 km
- Erbil · 727 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 99532 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q48195 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Basra-Shatt-Al-Arab: Aziz1005, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Basra International Stadium Opening 2: Yesar Al-Maleki, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Basrah Museum in Iraq: PersianDutchNetwork, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
