Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Erbil: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Erbil, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 46th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 50th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Erbil is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 62 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
Erbil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 102 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 94 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 93 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 41.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 64 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 8.4 | 9.710 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
- Khasnahzān in MarchIraq · 12 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MarchIraq · 14 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Xebat in MarchIraq · 32 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 83 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MarchIraq · 61 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Soran in MarchIraq · 70 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MarchIraq · 71 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 79 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in MarchIraq · 83 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 62 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 Erbil) is explained once on the Erbil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baḥarkah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.