Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Diwaniyah weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 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 Al Diwaniyah: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 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-Qāsim (41 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Al Diwaniyah, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Diwaniyah ranks 11th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Al Diwaniyah is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 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
Al Diwaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 26.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 4.1 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 45.4°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 45.7°C30.8°C | 30.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.0°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°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-Qāsim in MarchIraq · 41 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kufa in MarchIraq · 46 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Najaf in MarchIraq · 55 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Hillah in MarchIraq · 71 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in MarchIraq · 78 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in MarchIraq · 81 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 14 mm rain
- As Samawah in MarchIraq · 81 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in MarchIraq · 90 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 14 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 Al Diwaniyah) is explained once on the Al Diwaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.