Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk 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 Kirkuk: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In March its highs average 20.9°C, 1.5°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks 43rd of 59 for the warmest March highs and 43rd of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Kirkuk is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 52 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
Kirkuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 78 | 9.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 77 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 52 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 33.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.3°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 37.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 29 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 57 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 8.9 | 9.810 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
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MarchIraq · 68 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MarchIraq · 85 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Erbil in MarchIraq · 87 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MarchIraq · 93 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MarchIraq · 95 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 98 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MarchIraq · 100 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Bayjī in MarchIraq · 102 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 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 Kirkuk) is explained once on the Kirkuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.