Climate averages 1991–2020
Ţūz Khūrmātū weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 mild month in Ţūz Khūrmātū: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 Kirkuk (68 km away). In March its highs average 19.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ţūz Khūrmātū, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ţūz Khūrmātū ranks 40th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 40th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Ţūz Khūrmātū is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 39 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
Ţūz Khūrmātū climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 75 | 8.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 39 | 5.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.2°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 23 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 50 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 72 | 7.5 | 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
- Kirkuk in MarchIraq · 68 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Kelar in MarchIraq · 69 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in MarchIraq · 92 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in MarchIraq · 103 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Bayjī in MarchIraq · 104 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MarchIraq · 105 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MarchIraq · 105 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Khāliş in MarchIraq · 120 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 30 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 Ţūz Khūrmātū) is explained once on the Ţūz Khūrmātū year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.