Climate averages 1991–2020
Abū Ghurayb weather
in March.
A warm, fairly 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 Abū Ghurayb: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baghdad (20 km away). In March its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Abū Ghurayb, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Abū Ghurayb ranks 28th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Abū Ghurayb is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 13 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
Abū Ghurayb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 25 | 4.4 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 24.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 13 | 2.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 4.7 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.9°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 44.2°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.4°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.9 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.010 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
- Baghdad in MarchIraq · 20 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Sadr City in MarchIraq · 27 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in MarchIraq · 32 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in MarchIraq · 37 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in MarchIraq · 49 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MarchIraq · 59 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Baqubah in MarchIraq · 63 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 65 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 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 Abū Ghurayb) is explained once on the Abū Ghurayb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.