Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeddah weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Jeddah: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th 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 Makkah (67 km away). In March its highs average 31.7°C, 2.8°C warmer than Jeddah, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah ranks 10th of 35 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Jeddah is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.1 mm to 3.7 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
Jeddah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 24 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.7 | 0.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 33.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 35.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 35.4°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 34.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 26 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 14 | 2.6 | 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
- Makkah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Rābigh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 187 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 289 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Port Sudan in MarchSudan · 292 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Yanbu in MarchSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.4 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 Jeddah) is explained once on the Jeddah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.