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Al-Faris Arabic: الفارس | |
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  Al-Faris | |
| Coordinates: 33°50′N44°14′E / 33.833°N 44.233°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Saladin |
| District | Dujail |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
Al-Faris is a Sunni Arab town in Dujail District in the Salah al-Din Governorate in Iraq.
In Al-Faris, there is a desert climate. Most rain falls in the winter. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is BWh. The average annual temperature in Al-Faris is 22.7 °C (72.9 °F). About 164 mm (6.46 in) of precipitation falls annually.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 35.7 (96.3) | 41.1 (106.0) | 43.7 (110.7) | 43.4 (110.1) | 39.8 (103.6) | 33.3 (91.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 30.3 (86.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 15.1 (59.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25 (1.0) | 28 (1.1) | 29 (1.1) | 21 (0.8) | 8 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.2) | 19 (0.7) | 30 (1.2) | 164 (6.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data | |||||||||||||
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