Climate averages 1991–2020
Khasnahzān weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Khasnahzān: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erbil (12 km away). In March its highs average 17.7°C, 1.4°C warmer than Khasnahzān, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khasnahzān ranks joint 48th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 53rd of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Khasnahzān is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 89 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
Khasnahzān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 121 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 117 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 121 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 89 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 29.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 36.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 2.3 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 40.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 38 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 80 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 106 | 9.9 | 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
- Erbil in MarchIraq · 12 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MarchIraq · 16 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Xebat in MarchIraq · 43 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MarchIraq · 59 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Soran in MarchIraq · 62 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 169 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MarchIraq · 64 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 67 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MarchIraq · 85 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 Khasnahzān) is explained once on the Khasnahzān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.