Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th 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 Sakakah: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.8 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 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In March its highs average 22.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sakakah, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 30th of 35 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 35 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 35 cities is 26.5°C; Sakakah is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.8 mm to 2.6 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
Sakakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 6.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 22.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 7.2 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
- Arar in MarchSaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Ha'il in MarchSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Qurayyat in MarchSaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Tabuk in MarchSaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Rukban in MarchJordan · 398 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Najaf in MarchIraq · 456 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Zarqa in MarchJordan · 457 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Russeifa in MarchJordan · 457 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.7°C · 28 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 Sakakah) is explained once on the Sakakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.