Climate averages 1991–2020

Karbala weather
in March.

A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.3°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 13 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Karbala: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 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 Al Hindīyah (20 km away). In March its highs average 25.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Karbala, with 14 mm of rain.

Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Karbala ranks 29th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Karbala is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Karbala climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Karbala, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	15.6°C6.1°C	6.1°C	20	4.0	10.310 h
February	18.6°C7.7°C	7.7°C	15	3.0	11.011 h
March, selected	24.3°C11.9°C	11.9°C	13	2.5	12.012 h
April	30.6°C17.4°C	17.4°C	11	2.3	13.013 h
May	36.9°C23.2°C	23.2°C	2.7	0.6	13.814 h
June	41.3°C27.6°C	27.6°C	0	0.0	14.314 h
July	43.5°C29.8°C	29.8°C	0	0.0	14.114 h
August	43.7°C29.4°C	29.4°C	0	0.0	13.413 h
September	39.9°C25.7°C	25.7°C	0.2	0.0	12.412 h
October	33.5°C20.4°C	20.4°C	4.3	0.9	11.411 h
November	23.2°C12.7°C	12.7°C	19	2.9	10.511 h
December	17.2°C7.8°C	7.8°C	16	3.1	10.110 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

Distance from Karbala

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Karbala) is explained once on the Karbala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.