Climate averages 1991–2020
Abu Gharaq weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Abu Gharaq: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Hillah (10 km away). In March its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Abu Gharaq, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Abu Gharaq ranks joint 21st of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Abu Gharaq is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 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
Abu Gharaq climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 21 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 15 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 42.2°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 44.3°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.6°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 19 | 2.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 18 | 3.4 | 10.110 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
- Al Hillah in MarchIraq · 10 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in MarchIraq · 11 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MarchIraq · 28 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Karbala in MarchIraq · 31 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in MarchIraq · 40 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in MarchIraq · 41 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kufa in MarchIraq · 54 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Najaf in MarchIraq · 56 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 11 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 Abu Gharaq) is explained once on the Abu Gharaq year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Hindīyah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.