Climate averages 1991–2020
Ha'il 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 Ha'il: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 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 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rass (257 km away). In March its highs average 26.8°C, 3.3°C warmer than Ha'il, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ha'il ranks 28th of 35 for the warmest March highs and joint 16th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Ha'il is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 11 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
Ha'il climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 19.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 23.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 34.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 37.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 38.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 39.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 23 | 3.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 9.1 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ar Rass in MarchSaudi Arabia · 257 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Buraydah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Unaizah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 278 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Sakakah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Arar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 389 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Madinah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in MarchSaudi Arabia · 430 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 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 Ha'il) is explained once on the Ha'il year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.