Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th 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 Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Al Bahah (71 km away). In March its highs average 21.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks 29th of 35 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Sabt Alalayah is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 28 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
Sabt Alalayah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.511 h |
| March, selected | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 37 | 11.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 6.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 53 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 46 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.011 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
- Al Bahah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Bariq in MarchSaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Bīshah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Abha in MarchSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in MarchSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 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 Sabt Alalayah) is explained once on the Sabt Alalayah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.