Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nu‘mānīyah weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th 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 An Nu‘mānīyah: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th 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-Kut (38 km away). In March its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as An Nu‘mānīyah, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, An Nu‘mānīyah ranks joint 16th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 24th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; An Nu‘mānīyah is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 16 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
An Nu‘mānīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 30 | 4.5 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 20 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 25.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 7.4 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.5°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 45.7°C31.4°C | 31.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.8°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.8°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 27 | 4.3 | 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-Kut in MarchIraq · 38 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in MarchIraq · 72 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in MarchIraq · 73 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in MarchIraq · 74 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in MarchIraq · 78 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Hillah in MarchIraq · 94 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in MarchIraq · 99 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in MarchIraq · 100 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°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 An Nu‘mānīyah) is explained once on the An Nu‘mānīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.