- ClimateVariable-1–50°
Top cities
- Baghdad6.9M residents
- Mosul1.7M residents
- Erbil1.5M residents
- Basrah2.1M residents
- Karbala1.1M residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Iraq
Basra International Airport is Iraq's busiest gateway.
1 major airport. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Iraq
Iraq's passport ranks #95 worldwide — 27 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #9527 destinations
- GDP reach
- #1921.6% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #154105 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Iraq
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Iraq live, it's typically -1° to 50° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~336 days a year in Kufa.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Iraq
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Iraq.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Sunshine Lover leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Poor fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →