Ar Ruţbah weather in March

In March, Ar Ruţbah sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 15 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°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 Ar Ruţbah's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Ruţbah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:36 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 9th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Ar Ruţbah is city.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ar Ruţbah reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°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)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

How March really feels in Ar Ruţbah

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.

Ar Ruţbah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 3°	16	3.8	10.1	4.3
Feb	15° / 4°	15	3.3	10.8	5.6
Mar	20° / 8°	15	3	11.7	7.7
Apr	26° / 13°	9	2.3	12.8	8.4
May	31° / 18°	4	0.9	13.7	5.7
Jun	36° / 22°	0	0	14.1	3.0
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0	14	1.3
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0	13.2	1.3
Sep	35° / 21°	0	0.1	12.2	3.7
Oct	29° / 16°	7	1.4	11.2	7.3
Nov	20° / 8°	16	2.7	10.3	7.8
Dec	15° / 4°	12	2.8	9.9	5.3

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 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	77	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79
Cloudier (%)	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ar Ruţbah gets around 15 mm of rain over 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 10% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	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 6:55 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:32 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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:16
Sunset (PM)	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	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:55	6:09
2	11.3	6:54	6:10
3	11.3	6:53	6:11
4	11.3	6:52	6:12
5	11.4	6:50	6:12
6	11.4	6:49	6:13
7	11.4	6:48	6:14
8	11.5	6:47	6:15
9	11.5	6:45	6:16
10	11.5	6:44	6:16
11	11.6	6:43	6:17
12	11.6	6:41	6:18
13	11.6	6:40	6:19
14	11.7	6:39	6:19
15	11.7	6:37	6:20
16	11.7	6:36	6:21
17	11.8	6:35	6:22
18	11.8	6:33	6:22
19	11.9	6:32	6:23
20	11.9	6:31	6:24
21	11.9	6:29	6:25
22	12.0	6:28	6:25
23	12.0	6:27	6:26
24	12.0	6:25	6:27
25	12.1	6:24	6:28
26	12.1	6:23	6:28
27	12.1	6:21	6:29
28	12.2	6:20	6:30
29	12.2	6:18	6:31
30	12.2	6:17	6:31
31	12.3	6:16	6:32

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.74 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)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	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	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ar Ruţbah

In seasonPeak

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

Ar Ruţbah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Ar Ruţbah?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Ar Ruţbah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ar Ruţbah in March

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

In March, Ar Ruţbah sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Ar Ruţbah in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ar Ruţbah peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	6	9	11	10	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ar Ruţbah 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 Ar Ruţbah is worst in May — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 35 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	45	63	62	71	62	60	55	51	52	35	40
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	62	Unhealthy
May	71	Unhealthy
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Poor
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	35	Poor
Dec	40	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ar Ruţbah?

Ar Ruţbah sits at 33.0°N, 40.3°E, 620 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Rukban, 150 km away.

Topography around Ar Ruţbah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Ruţbah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 622 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 411 m.

The land around Ar Ruţbah is covered by bare terrain (82%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

35 m

bare terrain 82%

16 km

157 m

bare terrain 98%

80 km

411 m

bare terrain 100%

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← February Ar Ruţbah year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Rukban 150 km · Al Qā’im 164 km · Ālbū Kamāl 168 km · Hajīn 191 km · Subaykhān 204 km · Turaif 215 km · Ţurayf 215 km · ‘Anah 216 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 Ar Ruţbah (33.0372°, 40.2859°, elevation 620 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	18	6
2	18	6
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	8
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	22	9
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	77	23
6	77	23
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100