Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xebat (51 km away). In March its highs average 18.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Mawşil al Jadīdah ranks 44th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 41st of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Al Mawşil al Jadīdah is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 43 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 62 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 32.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 39.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 42.2°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 37.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 9.710 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
- Xebat in MarchIraq · 51 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Sīnah in MarchIraq · 53 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Dihok in MarchIraq · 60 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Simele in MarchIraq · 63 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Sumayl in MarchIraq · 63 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 82 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MarchIraq · 82 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Erbil in MarchIraq · 83 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MarchIraq · 83 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 93 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah) is explained once on the Al Mawşil al Jadīdah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.