Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Fallūjah 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 Al Fallūjah: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 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 Abū Ghurayb (37 km away). In March its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Al Fallūjah, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Fallūjah ranks joint 30th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Al Fallūjah is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 12 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 Fallūjah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 21 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 23.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.2°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 43.7°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 43.7°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.8°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 18 | 2.9 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 20 | 3.6 | 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
- Abū Ghurayb in MarchIraq · 37 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Ramadi in MarchIraq · 45 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Baghdad in MarchIraq · 57 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Sadr City in MarchIraq · 63 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in MarchIraq · 63 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in MarchIraq · 73 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MarchIraq · 79 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Karbala in MarchIraq · 85 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 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 Fallūjah) is explained once on the Al Fallūjah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.