Al-'Alam weather in March

In March, Al-'Alam sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 33 mm of rain across 4.8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 Al-'Alam's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-'Alam's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 4.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:23 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

← February Al-'Alam year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical March day in Al-'Alam reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26
Avg low (°C)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	26	14

How March really feels in Al-'Alam

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Al-'Alam weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 6°	38	6.6	9.9	5.1
Feb	17° / 7°	32	5.3	10.7	6.5
Mar	23° / 11°	33	4.8	11.7	7.9
Apr	29° / 16°	21	3.7	12.8	6.6
May	36° / 22°	5	1.3	13.8	2.7
Jun	41° / 27°	0	0	14.3	0.0
Jul	44° / 30°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Aug	44° / 29°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	40° / 25°	0	0.1	12.2	0.6
Oct	33° / 20°	12	1.6	11.1	4.7
Nov	23° / 12°	26	4	10.2	8.0
Dec	17° / 7°	33	5.8	9.7	6.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	73	73	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	72
Cloudier (%)	27	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al-'Alam gets around 33 mm of rain over 4.8 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 16% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	15
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

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 6:43 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:02
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:43	5:54
2	11.2	6:42	5:55
3	11.3	6:40	5:56
4	11.3	6:39	5:57
5	11.3	6:38	5:57
6	11.4	6:37	5:58
7	11.4	6:35	5:59
8	11.4	6:34	6:00
9	11.5	6:33	6:01
10	11.5	6:31	6:02
11	11.5	6:30	6:03
12	11.6	6:29	6:03
13	11.6	6:27	6:04
14	11.7	6:26	6:05
15	11.7	6:24	6:06
16	11.7	6:23	6:07
17	11.8	6:22	6:08
18	11.8	6:20	6:08
19	11.8	6:19	6:09
20	11.9	6:17	6:10
21	11.9	6:16	6:11
22	12.0	6:14	6:12
23	12.0	6:13	6:12
24	12.0	6:12	6:13
25	12.1	6:10	6:14
26	12.1	6:09	6:15
27	12.1	6:07	6:16
28	12.2	6:06	6:16
29	12.2	6:04	6:17
30	12.3	6:03	6:18
31	12.3	6:02	6:19

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.7 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al-'Alam

In seasonPeak

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

Al-'Alam sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Al-'Alam?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Al-'Alam for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al-'Alam in March

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

In March, Al-'Alam sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al-'Alam in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al-'Alam peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	4	5	7	10	5	8	5	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Moderate	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al-'Alam 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 Al-'Alam is worst in July — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	46	51	50	55	56	60	57	50	47	42	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	55	Poor
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	57	Unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Al-'Alam?

Al-'Alam sits at 34.7°N, 43.7°E, 94 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Tikrīt, 10 km away.

Topography around Al-'Alam

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al-'Alam.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-'Alam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m.

The land around Al-'Alam is covered by cropland (32%), bare terrain (22%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (59%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

28 m

cropland 32%

16 km

68 m

bare terrain 44%

80 km

464 m

bare terrain 59%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Al-'Alam year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Tikrīt 10 km · Bayjī 31 km · Sāmarrā’ 60 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 88 km · Balad 88 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 88 km · Ash Sharqāt 99 km · Kirkuk 106 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

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 Al-'Alam (34.709°, 43.6951°, elevation 94 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	15
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	15
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	21	10
5	21	10
6	21	10
7	21	10
8	22	10
9	22	10
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	22	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	73	27
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	73	27
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	74	26
21	74	26
22	74	26
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	17
2	16
3	16
4	16
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	15
9	16
10	16
11	16
12	16
13	16
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	17
20	17
21	17
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	16
26	16
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5