As Samawah weather in March

In March, As Samawah sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.2 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 25°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 As Samawah's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Samawah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
8th warmest
Overnight low
14°
5th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:16 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
29%
8th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

As Samawah is city 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 25°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical March day in As Samawah reaches about 27°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 22°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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How March really feels in As Samawah

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.

As Samawah 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° / 223.610.27.2
Feb21° / 10°112.410.98.2
Mar27° / 14°112.211.88.2
Apr33° / 20°9212.74.5
May39° / 25°40.613.60.8
Jun44° / 29°00140.0
Jul46° / 31°0013.80.0
Aug46° / 31°0013.10.0
Sep42° / 27°0012.20.0
Oct36° / 22°30.611.22.9
Nov26° / 14°162.810.48.0
Dec20° / 163.3107.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28317
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

As Samawah gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 9% 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 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
8973
9973
10973
11973
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13973
14973
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Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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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 6:34 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:345:51
211.36:325:51
311.36:315:52
411.46:305:53
511.46:295:54
611.46:285:54
711.56:275:55
811.56:255:56
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1211.66:215:59
1311.76:195:59
1411.76:186:00
1511.76:176:01
1611.86:166:01
1711.86:146:02
1811.86:136:03
1911.96:126:03
2011.96:106:04
2111.96:096:05
2212.06:086:05
2312.06:076:06
2412.06:056:07
2512.16:046:07
2612.16:036:08
2712.16:016:09
2812.26:006:09
2912.25:596:10
3012.25:576:11
3112.35:566:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.23 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for As Samawah

In seasonPeak

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

As Samawah sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
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Is March a good time to visit As Samawah?

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
8.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for As Samawah in March

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

In March, As Samawah sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in As Samawah 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 As Samawah peaks around June 16 at about 10 (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 — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 10Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in As Samawah 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 As Samawah is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyMay 1475 µg/m³Nov 1753 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun67Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep61Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov52Poor
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is As Samawah?

As Samawah sits at 31.3°N, 45.3°E, 15 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Ar Rumaythah, 23 km away.

Nāḩiyat ash ShināfīyahNahiyat GhammasAl Diwaniyah‘AfakAsh ShaţrahAl MishkhābQal‘at Sukkar

Topography around As Samawah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Samawah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m.

The land around As Samawah is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (59%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
25 m
80 km
190 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Ar Rumaythah 23 km · Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah 68 km · Nahiyat Ghammas 79 km · Al Diwaniyah 81 km · ‘Afak 82 km · Ash Shaţrah 84 km · Al Mishkhāb 93 km · Qal‘at Sukkar 94 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 As Samawah (31.332°, 45.2944°, elevation 15 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).