Climate averages 1991–2020
Ta’if weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th 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 Ta’if: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th 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 Ash Shafā (24 km away). In March its highs average 20.9°C, 4.5°C cooler than Ta’if, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ta’if ranks 23rd 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; Ta’if is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 35 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
Ta’if climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 33 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 22.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 9.1 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March, selected | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 35 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 31.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 25 | 6.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 34.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 13.413 h |
| July | 33.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 33.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 15 | 4.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 14 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.8 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 17 | 3.1 | 10.911 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
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Makkah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Jeddah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Rābigh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Bīshah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.5 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 Ta’if) is explained once on the Ta’if year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.