Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah 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 Makkah: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th 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 Ta’if (64 km away). In March its highs average 25.4°C, 6.3°C cooler than Makkah, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks 2nd of 35 for the warmest March highs and 12th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Makkah is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.3 mm to 12 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
Makkah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 31.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 9.3 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 38.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 39.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 24 | 2.9 | 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
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Jeddah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Rābigh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Bīshah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 14.3°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 Makkah) is explained once on the Makkah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.