Climate averages 1991–2020
Aş Şuwayrah weather
in March.
A warm, fairly 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 Aş Şuwayrah: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 8th 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 Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah (40 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Aş Şuwayrah, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Aş Şuwayrah ranks 19th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 22nd of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Aş Şuwayrah is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 15 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
Aş Şuwayrah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 28 | 4.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 19.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 25.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 38.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.1°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 45.4°C31.3°C | 31.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 45.5°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 41.6°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 10 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 29 | 3.3 | 10.510 h |
| December | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 23 | 3.7 | 10.010 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
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in MarchIraq · 40 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in MarchIraq · 41 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MarchIraq · 48 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Baghdad in MarchIraq · 58 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Sadr City in MarchIraq · 59 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in MarchIraq · 60 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Hillah in MarchIraq · 61 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in MarchIraq · 67 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°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 Aş Şuwayrah) is explained once on the Aş Şuwayrah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.