Al Hillah weather in March

In March, Al Hillah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 15 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 Hillah's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Hillah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
8th warmest
Overnight low
13°
4th coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:19 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
31%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Al Hillah is city in Iraq.

Founded
1101

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 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical March day in Al Hillah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Al Hillah

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.

Al Hillah 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
Jan18° / 22410.17.1
Feb21° / 163.110.88.0
Mar26° / 13°152.711.88.2
Apr32° / 19°122.612.84.8
May39° / 24°40.913.61.0
Jun43° / 29°0014.10.0
Jul46° / 31°0013.90.0
Aug46° / 31°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 27°00.112.20.0
Oct35° / 21°51.311.22.9
Nov26° / 14°20310.38.0
Dec20° / 193.39.97.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al Hillah gets around 15 mm of rain over 2.7 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
19
29
39
49
59
69
79
89
99
109
119
129
139
149
159
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179
189
199
209
219
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2710
2810
299
309
319

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
6991
7982
8982
9982
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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512calm
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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 6:38 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:385:53
211.36:375:54
311.36:365:55
411.36:355:55
511.46:335:56
611.46:325:57
711.46:315:58
811.56:305:59
911.56:285:59
1011.56:276:00
1111.66:266:01
1211.66:256:02
1311.76:236:02
1411.76:226:03
1511.76:216:04
1611.86:196:05
1711.86:186:05
1811.86:176:06
1911.96:156:07
2011.96:146:07
2111.96:136:08
2212.06:116:09
2312.06:106:10
2412.06:096:10
2512.16:076:11
2612.16:066:12
2712.16:056:12
2812.26:036:13
2912.26:026:14
3012.26:016:15
3112.35:596:15

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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276.0Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al Hillah

In seasonPeak

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

Al Hillah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

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

Is March a good time to visit Al Hillah?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Hillah in March

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

In March, Al Hillah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Hillah 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 Al Hillah peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 highVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Hillah 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 Hillah is worst in May — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyMay 1376 µg/m³Jul 2260 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar73Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May77Unhealthy
Jun64Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug61Unhealthy
Sep65Unhealthy
Oct70Unhealthy
Nov63Unhealthy
Dec70Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Hillah?

Al Hillah sits at 32.5°N, 44.4°E, 33 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Hindīyah, 20 km away.

Topography around Al Hillah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Hillah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m.

The land around Al Hillah is covered by artificial surfaces (84%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and bare terrain (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
18 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
153 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Al Hindīyah 20 km · Al Maḩāwīl 22 km · Al-Qāsim 31 km · Saddat al Hindīyah 31 km · Al-Musayab 37 km · Karbala 41 km · Kufa 46 km · Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 48 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 Al Hillah (32.4637°, 44.4196°, elevation 33 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).