Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayjī weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 10th 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 Bayjī: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 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 Ash Sharqāt (70 km away). In March its highs average 20.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bayjī, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Bayjī ranks 37th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 37th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Bayjī is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 23 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
Bayjī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 22.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 35.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.6°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 9.910 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
- Ash Sharqāt in MarchIraq · 70 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 8.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in MarchIraq · 89 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MarchIraq · 102 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MarchIraq · 104 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Erbil in MarchIraq · 148 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Xebat in MarchIraq · 151 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MarchIraq · 153 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 157 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 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 Bayjī) is explained once on the Bayjī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.