Climate averages 1991–2020
Rābigh weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Rābigh: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.4 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 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (146 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Rābigh, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Rābigh ranks joint 5th of 35 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Rābigh is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.4 mm to 2.9 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
Rābigh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 30.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 37.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 37.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.811 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
- Jeddah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Makkah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Yanbu in MarchSaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Madinah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 321 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 399 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 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 Rābigh) is explained once on the Rābigh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.