Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 10th 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 Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th 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 Bayjī (70 km away). In March its highs average 22.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks joint 41st of 59 for the warmest March highs and 38th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Ash Sharqāt is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 22 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
Ash Sharqāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 20.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 38 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.9°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.6°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 39 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
- Bayjī in MarchIraq · 70 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in MarchIraq · 91 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Xebat in MarchIraq · 94 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Erbil in MarchIraq · 103 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MarchIraq · 106 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MarchIraq · 112 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MarchIraq · 115 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Sīnah in MarchIraq · 145 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 87 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 Ash Sharqāt) is explained once on the Ash Sharqāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.