Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Madinah: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th 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 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In March its highs average 28.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Madinah, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks 9th 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; Madinah is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.1 mm to 4.7 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
Madinah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 29.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 42.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 6.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Yanbu in MarchSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Rābigh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Jeddah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Makkah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ha'il in MarchSaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Ar Rass in MarchSaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 14 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 Madinah) is explained once on the Madinah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.