Climate averages 1991–2020
Buraydah weather
in March.
A warm, very 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 Buraydah: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very 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 Unaizah (25 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Buraydah, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Buraydah ranks joint 15th 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; Buraydah is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Buraydah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 14 | 2.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 26.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 38.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 41.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 42.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 42.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 39.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 27 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 15 | 2.6 | 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
- Unaizah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 25 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Ar Rass in MarchSaudi Arabia · 70 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 206 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ha'il in MarchSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in MarchSaudi Arabia · 306 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Riyadh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Kharj in MarchSaudi Arabia · 415 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 Buraydah) is explained once on the Buraydah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.