Al Anbar Governorate · Iraq
Ramadi travel guide
Ramadi is a city in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, home to about 875,000 people.
- Best months
- February, March and November
- Nearest airport
- BGW89 km · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base
- Currency
- IQDIraqi dinar
- Time zone
- Asia/Baghdad
- Language
- Arabic, Kurdish language
About
About Ramadi
Ramadi is a city in central Iraq, about 110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Baghdad and 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
Ramadi is the largest city in Al-Anbar The city extends along the Euphrates and is the largest city in Al-Anbar. Founded by the Ottoman Empire in 1879, by 2018 it had a population of about 200,000 people, near the entirety of whom are Sunni Arabs from the Dulaim tribal confederation. Ramadi is on the Euphrates and on the road west into Syria and Jordan, which has earned the city significant prosperity, but also had it suffer in wars. It was heavily damaged during the US occupation in 2003–2011 and was governed by ISIL May–December in 2015.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Ramadi
See
- Great Mosque of Ramadi
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When to go
The best time to visit Ramadi
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ramadi are February, March and November. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 45 °C; March is the wettest, with about 23 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Ramadi: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), about 89 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Ramadi is on the highway from Amman, Jordan, branches of which come from Syria via Al-Qaim or Ar Rutba. As of 2022 a journey via Syria is hardly to be recommended, and the border may be closed. After a long hiatus, passenger trains once again serve Ramadi with two daily services from Baghdad.
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BGW · Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base
Questions
Ramadi: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Ramadi?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ramadi are February, March and November. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 45 °C; March is the wettest, with about 23 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ramadi?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Baghdad International Airport / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), about 89 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Ramadi?
Iraqi dinar (IQD).
Nearby
Destinations near Ramadi
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.