Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rayyān weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th 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 Ar Rayyān: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doha (11 km away). In March its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ar Rayyān, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Qatar, Ar Rayyān ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 26.6°C; Ar Rayyān is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 3.7 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
Ar Rayyān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.811 h |
| February | 23.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 11 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 27.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.7 | 0.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 41.2°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 42.2°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| August | 42.0°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 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
- Doha in MarchQatar · 11 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Lusail in MarchQatar · 16 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MarchBahrain · 128 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MarchBahrain · 130 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Manama in MarchBahrain · 134 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MarchBahrain · 135 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Khobar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Dammam in MarchSaudi Arabia · 183 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 13 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 Ar Rayyān) is explained once on the Ar Rayyān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Doha lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.