Climate averages 1991–2020
Bīshah weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bīshah: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 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 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabt Alalayah (82 km away). In March its highs average 23.1°C, 7.0°C cooler than Bīshah, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Bīshah ranks 7th of 35 for the warmest March highs and joint 10th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Bīshah is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 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
Bīshah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 30.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 36.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.1 | 1.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 38.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| July | 38.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 38.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 36.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 25.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 10.911 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
- Sabt Alalayah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Bariq in MarchSaudi Arabia · 139 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in MarchSaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Abha in MarchSaudi Arabia · 199 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 244 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 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 Bīshah) is explained once on the Bīshah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.