Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Miqdādīyah weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th 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 Miqdādīyah: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Baqubah (40 km away). In March its highs average 23.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Al Miqdādīyah, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Miqdādīyah ranks 35th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 39th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Al Miqdādīyah is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 25 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 Miqdādīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 51 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 40 | 5.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 23.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 43 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 25 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 6.5 | 1.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.1°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.8°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 44.8°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 40.6°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 33.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 44 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 50 | 6.3 | 9.910 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
- Baqubah in MarchIraq · 40 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 42 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in MarchIraq · 59 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Sadr City in MarchIraq · 79 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Kelar in MarchIraq · 80 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Baghdad in MarchIraq · 87 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in MarchIraq · 100 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in MarchIraq · 102 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 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 Miqdādīyah) is explained once on the Al Miqdādīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.