Climate averages 1991–2020
Umm Qaşr 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 Umm Qaşr: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 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 Az Zubayr (45 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Umm Qaşr, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Umm Qaşr ranks joint 8th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 20th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Umm Qaşr is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 7.5 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
Umm Qaşr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 35 | 4.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 20 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 7.5 | 1.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.614 h |
| June | 44.7°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 46.3°C31.9°C | 31.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 46.3°C31.3°C | 31.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 42.7°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 33 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.310 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
- Az Zubayr in MarchIraq · 45 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in MarchIraq · 45 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Abadan in MarchIran · 50 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in MarchIran · 52 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Fāw in MarchIraq · 54 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Basrah in MarchIraq · 54 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Kuwait City in MarchKuwait · 75 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Ḩawallī in MarchKuwait · 79 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 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 Umm Qaşr) is explained once on the Umm Qaşr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.