Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
in March.
A mild, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ar Rifā‘: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km away). In March its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Ar Rifā‘, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Bahrain, Ar Rifā‘ ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 22.0°C; Ar Rifā‘ is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 3.2 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ar Rifā‘ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 21.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.3°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 34.7°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 35.0°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 33.7°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MarchBahrain · 5 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Manama in MarchBahrain · 11 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MarchBahrain · 15 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Khobar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dammam in MarchSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in MarchSaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Lusail in MarchQatar · 124 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in MarchQatar · 128 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 12 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ar Rifā‘) is explained once on the Ar Rifā‘ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Muharraq and Manama lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.