Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qaţīf weather
in March.
A warm, very dry 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 warm month in Al Qaţīf: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dammam (17 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Al Qaţīf, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Qaţīf ranks joint 24th of 35 for the warmest March highs and joint 18th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Al Qaţīf is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 4.2 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
Al Qaţīf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 19 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.8°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.7°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.8°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 18 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 21.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 20 | 3.1 | 10.511 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
- Dammam in MarchSaudi Arabia · 17 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Khobar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 37 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in MarchSaudi Arabia · 63 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Manama in MarchBahrain · 69 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MarchBahrain · 69 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MarchBahrain · 70 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MarchBahrain · 73 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in MarchSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.2°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 Al Qaţīf) is explained once on the Al Qaţīf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dammam lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.