Al-Qāsim weather in March

In March, Al-Qāsim sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.6 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 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 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-Qāsim's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-Qāsim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
8th warmest
Overnight low
14°
4th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:18 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
31%
9th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Al-Qāsim is human settlement in Iraq.

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 29°C by the end.

A typical March day in Al-Qāsim reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°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 6°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 Al-Qāsim

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-Qāsim 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° / 223.810.17.2
Feb21° / 152.810.88.1
Mar26° / 14°142.611.88.2
Apr33° / 19°122.912.84.6
May39° / 25°50.913.60.9
Jun44° / 29°0014.10.0
Jul46° / 31°0013.90.0
Aug46° / 31°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 27°00.112.20.0
Oct36° / 22°51.211.22.9
Nov26° / 14°202.710.38.0
Dec20° / 183.59.97.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
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57822
67822
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87822
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al-Qāsim gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.6 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.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
18
28
37
47
57
67
78
88
98
108
118
128
138
148
159
169
179
189
199
209
219
229
2310
2410
2510
2610
2710
2810
2910
3010
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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
11982
12982
13982
14982
15982
16982
17973
18973
19973
20973
21973
22973
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28973
29973
30973
31964

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:375:52
211.36:365:53
311.36:355:54
411.46:335:55
511.46:325:55
611.46:315:56
711.56:305:57
811.56:285:58
911.56:275:58
1011.66:265:59
1111.66:256:00
1211.66:236:01
1311.76:226:01
1411.76:216:02
1511.76:206:03
1611.86:186:04
1711.86:176:04
1811.86:166:05
1911.96:146:06
2011.96:136:06
2111.96:126:07
2212.06:106:08
2312.06:096:09
2412.06:086:09
2512.16:066:10
2612.16:056:11
2712.16:046:11
2812.26:026:12
2912.26:016:13
3012.26:006:13
3112.35:586:14

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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165.6Bright
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215.8Bright
225.9Bright
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245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al-Qāsim

In seasonPeak

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

Al-Qāsim 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-Qāsim?

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
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al-Qāsim in March

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

In March, Al-Qāsim sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al-Qāsim 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-Qāsim peaks around June 13 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 highHighVery highHighModerateJun 13UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al-Qāsim 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-Qāsim is worst in May — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyMay 1171 µg/m³Jul 1758 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar70Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul58Unhealthy
Aug60Unhealthy
Sep64Unhealthy
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec69Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al-Qāsim?

Al-Qāsim sits at 32.3°N, 44.7°E, 30 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Hillah, 31 km away.

Al Mishkhāb

Topography around Al-Qāsim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-Qāsim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m.

The land around Al-Qāsim is covered by bare terrain (31%), cropland (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and bare terrain (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
129 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Al Hillah 31 km · Kufa 36 km · Ash Shāmīyah 38 km · Al Diwaniyah 41 km · Najaf 44 km · Al Maḩāwīl 48 km · Al Hindīyah 51 km · Al Mishkhāb 58 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-Qāsim (32.298°, 44.6828°, elevation 30 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).