Climate averages 1991–2020
Kufa 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.
March is a warm month in Kufa: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Najaf (9 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Kufa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kufa ranks 15th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Kufa is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 10 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
Kufa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 25.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 12 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 10 | 2.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 4.7 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 42.5°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 44.6°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 44.9°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.3°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 17 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 16 | 2.7 | 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
- Najaf in MarchIraq · 9 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Al-Qāsim in MarchIraq · 36 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Hillah in MarchIraq · 46 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in MarchIraq · 46 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Abu Gharaq in MarchIraq · 54 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in MarchIraq · 58 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Karbala in MarchIraq · 74 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Al-Musayab in MarchIraq · 82 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 15 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 Kufa) is explained once on the Kufa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.