Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rass weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th 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 Rass: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 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 Unaizah (56 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Ar Rass, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ar Rass ranks joint 15th of 35 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Ar Rass is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 13 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 Rass climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 13 | 2.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 5.9 | 1.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 41.7°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 42.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 12 | 2.3 | 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
- Unaizah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Buraydah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 70 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 176 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ha'il in MarchSaudi Arabia · 257 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Riyadh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 350 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in MarchSaudi Arabia · 376 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Madinah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.1 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 Rass) is explained once on the Ar Rass year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.