Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zulfī weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 8th 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 Az Zulfī: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 8th 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 Buraydah (84 km away). In March its highs average 26.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Az Zulfī, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Az Zulfī ranks joint 18th of 35 for the warmest March highs and joint 24th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Az Zulfī is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 17 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
Az Zulfī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 41.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 42.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 39.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 28 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 15 | 2.7 | 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
- Buraydah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Unaizah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Ar Rass in MarchSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Riyadh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in MarchSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Ha'il in MarchSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Kharj in MarchSaudi Arabia · 348 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 8.5 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 Az Zulfī) is explained once on the Az Zulfī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.