Climate averages 1991–2020
Baghdad 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 Baghdad: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 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 Sadr City (8 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Baghdad, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Baghdad ranks 26th 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; Baghdad is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 14 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
Baghdad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 19.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 24.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 22 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 14 | 2.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 4.8 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 42.4°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 44.8°C31.2°C | 31.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 44.9°C30.8°C | 30.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 41.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 9.3 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 26 | 3.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 24 | 3.9 | 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
- Sadr City in MarchIraq · 8 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in MarchIraq · 20 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Maḩmūdīyah in MarchIraq · 31 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Baqubah in MarchIraq · 50 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah in MarchIraq · 51 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 53 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in MarchIraq · 57 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Aş Şuwayrah in MarchIraq · 58 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 21 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 Baghdad) is explained once on the Baghdad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.