Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Şabyā: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jizan (30 km away). In March its highs average 30.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Şabyā, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks 4th of 35 for the warmest March highs and joint 29th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Şabyā is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 21 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
Şabyā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| March, selected | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 35.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 11 | 3.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 35.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 42 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.111 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
- Jizan in MarchSaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Abha in MarchSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in MarchSaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Najrān in MarchSaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Bariq in MarchSaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 21 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MarchYemen · 217 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Sanaa in MarchYemen · 261 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MarchYemen · 264 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 8.6 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 Şabyā) is explained once on the Şabyā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.