Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Al Qā’im: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 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 Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In March its highs average 20.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks 38th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Al Qā’im is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 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 Qā’im climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 21.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 40.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 40.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 19 | 3.9 | 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
- Deir ez-Zor in MarchSyria · 130 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MarchSyria · 236 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Bayjī in MarchIraq · 236 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in MarchIraq · 239 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Ramadi in MarchIraq · 240 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Rukban in MarchJordan · 243 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in MarchSyria · 250 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in MarchIraq · 267 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 28 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 Qā’im) is explained once on the Al Qā’im year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.