Sadr City
City in Iraq: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
SadrCity: User:notwist, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sadr City is a city in Iraq, in Baghdad. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Iraq in our atlas.
It lies at 33.39° N, 44.46° E, about 39 m (128 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Baghdad time zone.
Location
Red dot: Sadr City. Green dots: other major cities of Iraq. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sadr City 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 · 8 km
- Abū Ghurayb · 27 km
- Al Hillah · 103 km
- Kirkuk · 231 km
- Sulaymaniyah · 258 km
- Nasiriyah · 308 km
- Erbil · 314 km
- Mosul · 350 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 7802746 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1017715 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- SadrCity: User:notwist, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Al-Shaab Stadium (25): Makaay31, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gymnase le Corbusier: Nicoleon, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1 Liberation Square 03: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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