Climate averages 1991–2020
Qurayyat 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 Qurayyat: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russeifa (144 km away). In March its highs average 19.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Qurayyat, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Qurayyat ranks joint 31st of 35 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Qurayyat is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.8 mm to 2.7 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
Qurayyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 22.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 37.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 10.210 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
- Russeifa in MarchJordan · 144 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Zarqa in MarchJordan · 145 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in MarchJordan · 148 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Amman in MarchJordan · 149 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Mādabā in MarchJordan · 153 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in MarchJordan · 155 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in MarchJordan · 160 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 30 mm rain
- As Salţ in MarchJordan · 172 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 30 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 Qurayyat) is explained once on the Qurayyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.