Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelar weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Kelar: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Khānaqīn (32 km away). In March its highs average 21.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kelar, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kelar ranks joint 41st of 59 for the warmest March highs and 44th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Kelar is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 47 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
Kelar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 99 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 20.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 5.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 39.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 26 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 8.1 | 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
- Khānaqīn in MarchIraq · 32 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MarchIraq · 69 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MarchIraq · 80 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MarchIraq · 105 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 116 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Baqubah in MarchIraq · 117 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in MarchIran · 125 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MarchIraq · 126 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 77 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 Kelar) is explained once on the Kelar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.