Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 3.5°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 (the 10th 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 Bāneh (63 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, 6.0°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks 55th 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; Sulaymaniyah is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 88 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
Sulaymaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 131 | 12.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 15.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 121 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 39.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 39.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 108 | 10.1 | 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
- Bāneh in MarchIran · 63 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Marīvān in MarchIran · 68 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MarchIraq · 74 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 91 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MarchIraq · 94 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MarchIraq · 95 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MarchIraq · 105 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Kelar in MarchIraq · 105 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 78 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 Sulaymaniyah) is explained once on the Sulaymaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.