Asia

Western Asia

18 countries and territories in Western Asia.

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On the map

The countries of Western Asia

Countries

The countries of Western Asia

Countries of Western Asia: capital, currency, plugs, driving side and calling code
Country	Capital	Currency	Plugs	Driving	Calling code
Armenia	Yerevan	AMD	C F	Right	+374
Azerbaijan	Baku	AZN	C F	Right	+994
Bahrain	Manama	BHD	G	Right	+973
Cyprus	Nicosia	EUR	G	Left	+357
Georgia	Tbilisi	GEL	C F	Right	+995
Iraq	Baghdad	IQD	C G	Right	+964
Israel	Jerusalem (as recorded by GeoNames; its status is contested internationally)	ILS	C D H	Right	+972
Jordan	Amman	JOD	B C F G J	Right	+962
Kuwait	Kuwait City	KWD	C G	Right	+965
Lebanon	Beirut	LBP	A B C G	Right	+961
Oman	Muscat	OMR	C G	Right	+968
Palestine	East Jerusalem (as recorded by GeoNames; its status is contested internationally)	ILS	C D H	Right	+970
Qatar	Doha	QAR	G	Right	+974
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	SAR	G	Right	+966
Syria	Damascus	SYP	C E L	Right	+963
Türkiye	Ankara	TRY	C F	Right	+90
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	AED	C G	Right	+971
Yemen	Sanaa	YER	A G	Right	+967

When to go

The capitals' weather, month by month

Each country's capital as GeoNames records it (or its largest city where the capital has no figures), mean daily high by month.

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
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Mean daily high in each capital by month, with what the month is like
Country	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
ArmeniaYerevan	5°	8°	14°	20°	25°	31°	35°	35°	29°	22°	13°	6°
AzerbaijanBaku	8°	7°	10°	13°	20°	25°	28°	29°	25°	19°	14°	10°
BahrainManama	20°	20°	24°	28°	33°	36°	37°	38°	36°	33°	27°	22°
CyprusNicosia	14°	15°	18°	22°	27°	33°	36°	36°	32°	27°	21°	16°
GeorgiaTbilisi	6°	8°	14°	18°	24°	30°	33°	32°	27°	20°	12°	7°
IraqBaghdad	16°	19°	24°	31°	38°	43°	46°	46°	41°	34°	23°	17°
IsraelJerusalem	16°	17°	20°	24°	28°	31°	33°	33°	31°	28°	23°	18°
JordanAmman	13°	15°	20°	24°	30°	34°	35°	35°	32°	28°	20°	15°
KuwaitKuwait City	18°	20°	25°	29°	36°	41°	42°	42°	39°	34°	25°	20°
LebanonBeirut	14°	15°	17°	20°	25°	28°	30°	30°	28°	25°	20°	16°
OmanMuscat	24°	26°	30°	35°	39°	40°	40°	39°	37°	34°	29°	25°
PalestineGaza	18°	18°	21°	23°	26°	29°	31°	31°	30°	28°	24°	20°
QatarDoha	22°	24°	28°	33°	39°	41°	43°	42°	40°	36°	29°	24°
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh	21°	24°	29°	34°	40°	43°	44°	44°	40°	35°	27°	22°
SyriaDamascus	10°	12°	16°	21°	27°	32°	35°	35°	31°	25°	17°	12°
TürkiyeAnkara	2°	5°	10°	15°	21°	26°	30°	31°	25°	18°	11°	4°
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi	22°	23°	26°	30°	35°	36°	38°	39°	37°	34°	29°	25°
YemenSanaa	23°	25°	26°	27°	28°	29°	29°	29°	27°	24°	23°	22°

Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).

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