Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaxo weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Zaxo: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Silopi (22 km away). In March its highs average 15.6°C, about as warm as Zaxo, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Zaxo ranks joint 51st of 59 for the warmest March highs and 52nd of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Zaxo is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 84 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
Zaxo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 113 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 109 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 115 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 84 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 29 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 105 | 9.9 | 9.710 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
- Silopi in MarchTurkey · 22 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Sumayl in MarchIraq · 35 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Simele in MarchIraq · 35 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Dihok in MarchIraq · 41 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Cizre in MarchTurkey · 49 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Sīnah in MarchIraq · 49 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in MarchIraq · 98 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Hakkâri in MarchTurkey · 105 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 170 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 Zaxo) is explained once on the Zaxo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.