Abū Ghurayb weather in March

In March, Abū Ghurayb sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Abū Ghurayb's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abū Ghurayb's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
8th warmest
Overnight low
13°
4th coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
3.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:21 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
33%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Abū Ghurayb is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical March day in Abū Ghurayb reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Abū Ghurayb

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Abū Ghurayb weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 254.4106.6
Feb20° / 203.410.87.7
Mar25° / 13°193.311.78.3
Apr31° / 18°132.612.85.3
May38° / 24°51.113.71.4
Jun43° / 29°0014.20.0
Jul45° / 31°00140.0
Aug45° / 31°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 27°00.212.20.1
Oct35° / 21°81.211.23.4
Nov25° / 14°223.410.38.1
Dec19° / 233.79.87.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
37921
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57822
67822
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Abū Ghurayb gets around 19 mm of rain over 3.3 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
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7991
8991
9982
10982
11982
12982
13982
14982
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22973
23973
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27973
28973
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31973

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:405:53
211.36:395:54
311.36:375:55
411.36:365:56
511.46:355:57
611.46:345:57
711.46:325:58
811.56:315:59
911.56:306:00
1011.56:296:01
1111.66:276:01
1211.66:266:02
1311.66:256:03
1411.76:236:04
1511.76:226:04
1611.76:216:05
1711.86:196:06
1811.86:186:07
1911.86:176:08
2011.96:156:08
2111.96:146:09
2212.06:126:10
2312.06:116:11
2412.06:106:11
2512.16:086:12
2612.16:076:13
2712.16:066:13
2812.26:046:14
2912.26:036:15
3012.26:016:16
3112.36:006:16

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
35.0Bright
45.0Bright
55.1Bright
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255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Abū Ghurayb

In seasonPeak

In March, Abū Ghurayb sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Abū Ghurayb sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
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Is March a good time to visit Abū Ghurayb?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Abū Ghurayb for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Abū Ghurayb in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Abū Ghurayb sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Abū Ghurayb in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abū Ghurayb peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Abū Ghurayb in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abū Ghurayb is worst in December — around 109 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 20108 µg/m³Jul 1772 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan105Unhealthy
Feb102Unhealthy
Mar97Unhealthy
Apr94Unhealthy
May91Unhealthy
Jun77Unhealthy
Jul72Unhealthy
Aug76Unhealthy
Sep86Unhealthy
Oct103Unhealthy
Nov100Unhealthy
Dec109Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Abū Ghurayb?

Abū Ghurayb sits at 33.3°N, 44.2°E, 42 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Baghdad, 20 km away.

Al-MusayabAd DujaylBaqubah

Topography around Abū Ghurayb

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abū Ghurayb.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abū Ghurayb has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 35 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m.

The land around Abū Ghurayb is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (28%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (44%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
84 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Baghdad 20 km · Sadr City 27 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 32 km · Al Fallūjah 37 km · Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 49 km · Al-Musayab 59 km · Ad Dujayl 60 km · Baqubah 63 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,410
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
60%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9.5
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
27.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Christian 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abū Ghurayb (33.3056°, 44.1848°, elevation 42 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).