Climate averages 1991–2020
Ras Al Khaimah weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 11th 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 Ras Al Khaimah: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th 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 Ajman (63 km away). In March its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Ras Al Khaimah, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah ranks 13th of 13 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 13 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 13 cities is 28.7°C; Ras Al Khaimah is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 6.1 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
Ras Al Khaimah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 28 | 3.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 15 | 2.5 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 21 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 6.1 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.0°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.9°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| July | 39.1°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 1.6 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 38.9°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 37.4°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 10.911 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 10.611 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
- Ajman in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 63 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Sharjah in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 73 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 78 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Fujairah in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 85 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Warīsān in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 88 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Dubai in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in MarchUnited Arab Emirates · 121 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in MarchIran · 159 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 42 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 Ras Al Khaimah) is explained once on the Ras Al Khaimah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.