Climate averages 1991–2020
As Samawah weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 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 As Samawah: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 8th 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 Diwaniyah (81 km away). In March its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as As Samawah, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, As Samawah ranks joint 8th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; As Samawah is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 9.4 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
As Samawah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.5°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 11 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 26.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.4 | 2.0 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 43.6°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 45.6°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 45.8°C30.7°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.1°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 16 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.210 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 Diwaniyah in MarchIraq · 81 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in MarchIraq · 84 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in MarchIraq · 94 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in MarchIraq · 97 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Kufa in MarchIraq · 114 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in MarchIraq · 117 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Najaf in MarchIraq · 118 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in MarchIraq · 122 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.4°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 As Samawah) is explained once on the As Samawah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.