Climate averages 1991–2020
Qal‘at Sukkar weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th 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 Qal‘at Sukkar: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th 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 Al Ḩayy (35 km away). In March its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Qal‘at Sukkar, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qal‘at Sukkar ranks 10th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Qal‘at Sukkar is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 15 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
Qal‘at Sukkar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 26 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 20.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 26.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 18 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 44.0°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.1°C32.3°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.2°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.3°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 3.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 24 | 3.8 | 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
- Al Ḩayy in MarchIraq · 35 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ash Shaţrah in MarchIraq · 51 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Al-Kut in MarchIraq · 76 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Nasiriyah in MarchIraq · 91 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 15 mm rain
- As Samawah in MarchIraq · 94 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 11 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in MarchIraq · 99 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in MarchIraq · 101 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Al Diwaniyah in MarchIraq · 109 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 13 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 Qal‘at Sukkar) is explained once on the Qal‘at Sukkar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.