Aş Şuwayrah weather in March

In March, Aş Şuwayrah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 21 mm of rain across 3.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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 62% 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 Aş Şuwayrah's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aş Şuwayrah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
8th warmest
Overnight low
13°
4th coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:18 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
33%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

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 Aş Şuwayrah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°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 Aş Şuwayrah

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.

Aş Şuwayrah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 284.610.16.8
Feb20° / 213.510.87.7
Mar26° / 13°213.211.78.2
Apr32° / 19°152.712.84.9
May39° / 25°51.213.71.1
Jun44° / 29°0014.10.0
Jul46° / 31°00140.0
Aug46° / 31°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 27°00.112.20.0
Oct35° / 22°101.411.23.0
Nov25° / 14°293.310.38.0
Dec19° / 233.79.97.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

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

Any precipitation

Aş Şuwayrah gets around 21 mm of rain over 3.2 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 11% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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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 (%)
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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
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412light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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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 6:37 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:375:51
211.36:365:52
311.36:355:53
411.36:335:54
511.46:325:54
611.46:315:55
711.46:305:56
811.56:295:57
911.56:275:58
1011.56:265:58
1111.66:255:59
1211.66:236:00
1311.66:226:01
1411.76:216:01
1511.76:196:02
1611.76:186:03
1711.86:176:04
1811.86:156:04
1911.96:146:05
2011.96:136:06
2111.96:116:07
2212.06:106:07
2312.06:096:08
2412.06:076:09
2512.16:066:10
2612.16:056:10
2712.16:036:11
2812.26:026:12
2912.26:016:13
3012.25:596:13
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 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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296.0Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Aş Şuwayrah

In seasonPeak

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

Aş Şuwayrah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Aş Şuwayrah?

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
7.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Aş Şuwayrah in March

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

In March, Aş Şuwayrah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Aş Şuwayrah 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 Aş Şuwayrah 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
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5Moderate
Aug9Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Aş Şuwayrah 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 Aş Şuwayrah is worst in October — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyOct 2099 µg/m³Jul 1574 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan95Unhealthy
Feb92Unhealthy
Mar91Unhealthy
Apr91Unhealthy
May90Unhealthy
Jun77Unhealthy
Jul74Unhealthy
Aug78Unhealthy
Sep87Unhealthy
Oct99Unhealthy
Nov95Unhealthy
Dec99Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Aş Şuwayrah?

Aş Şuwayrah sits at 32.9°N, 44.8°E, 32 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al ‘Azīzīyah, 27 km away.

Saddat al HindīyahBaghdadSadr City

Topography around Aş Şuwayrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aş Şuwayrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m.

The land around Aş Şuwayrah is covered by bare terrain (30%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and bare terrain (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
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80 km
63 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Al ‘Azīzīyah 27 km · Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 40 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 41 km · Al Maḩāwīl 45 km · Al-Musayab 48 km · Saddat al Hindīyah 52 km · Baghdad 58 km · Sadr City 59 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 Aş Şuwayrah (32.9256°, 44.7758°, elevation 32 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).