Climate averages 1991–2020
Sāmarrā’ 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 Sāmarrā’: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Khāliş (74 km away). In March its highs average 23.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sāmarrā’, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sāmarrā’ ranks 34th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 34th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Sāmarrā’ is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 17 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
Sāmarrā’ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 35 | 5.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 30 | 4.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 23.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 29.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 36.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.6 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 41.3°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 44.0°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 39.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 25 | 3.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 32 | 5.5 | 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
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 74 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Baqubah in MarchIraq · 83 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Bayjī in MarchIraq · 89 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Al Fallūjah in MarchIraq · 95 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MarchIraq · 100 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Ramadi in MarchIraq · 101 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Abū Ghurayb in MarchIraq · 103 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MarchIraq · 103 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 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 Sāmarrā’) is explained once on the Sāmarrā’ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.