Ash Sharqāt weather in March

In March, Ash Sharqāt sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 38 mm of rain across 6.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Ash Sharqāt's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ash Sharqāt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 38 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:25 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

← February Ash Sharqāt year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ash Sharqāt reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°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)	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12

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

How March really feels in Ash Sharqāt

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.

Ash Sharqāt weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	45	7.4	9.9	4.4
Feb	16° / 6°	37	6.7	10.7	5.6
Mar	21° / 10°	38	6.1	11.7	7.5
Apr	28° / 15°	22	4	12.9	7.2
May	35° / 21°	8	1.6	13.8	3.5
Jun	40° / 26°	0	0	14.4	0.3
Jul	43° / 29°	0	0	14.2	0.0
Aug	43° / 28°	0	0	13.3	0.0
Sep	39° / 24°	0	0.1	12.2	1.1
Oct	32° / 18°	13	1.8	11.1	5.4
Nov	22° / 11°	30	4.6	10.1	7.8
Dec	16° / 6°	39	6	9.6	5.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

	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 (%)	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	70	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	71
Cloudier (%)	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ash Sharqāt gets around 38 mm of rain over 6.1 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 20% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19

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

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.

	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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	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 6:46 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:21 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	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:03
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:46	5:55
2	11.2	6:44	5:56
3	11.2	6:43	5:57
4	11.3	6:42	5:58
5	11.3	6:40	5:59
6	11.3	6:39	6:00
7	11.4	6:38	6:01
8	11.4	6:36	6:01
9	11.5	6:35	6:02
10	11.5	6:34	6:03
11	11.5	6:32	6:04
12	11.6	6:31	6:05
13	11.6	6:29	6:06
14	11.6	6:28	6:07
15	11.7	6:27	6:08
16	11.7	6:25	6:08
17	11.8	6:24	6:09
18	11.8	6:22	6:10
19	11.8	6:21	6:11
20	11.9	6:19	6:12
21	11.9	6:18	6:13
22	12.0	6:16	6:13
23	12.0	6:15	6:14
24	12.0	6:13	6:15
25	12.1	6:12	6:16
26	12.1	6:10	6:17
27	12.1	6:09	6:18
28	12.2	6:08	6:18
29	12.2	6:06	6:19
30	12.3	6:05	6:20
31	12.3	6:03	6:21

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.19 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)	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ash Sharqāt

In seasonPeak

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

Ash Sharqāt sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Ash Sharqāt?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Ash Sharqāt for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ash Sharqāt in March

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

In March, Ash Sharqāt sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Ash Sharqāt in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ash Sharqāt peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	7	10	5	9	6	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Moderate	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ash Sharqāt 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 Ash Sharqāt is worst in July — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	43	45	49	49	52	54	56	55	51	47	42	43
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	54	Poor
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Unhealthy
Sep	51	Poor
Oct	47	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	43	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ash Sharqāt?

Ash Sharqāt sits at 35.5°N, 43.2°E, 159 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Bayjī, 70 km away.

Topography around Ash Sharqāt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ash Sharqāt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 163 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 770 m.

The land around Ash Sharqāt is covered by artificial surfaces (28%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and bare terrain (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and bare terrain (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

artificial surfaces 28%

16 km

198 m

cropland 38%

80 km

770 m

cropland 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Ash Sharqāt year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Bayjī 70 km · Al-Hamdaniya 85 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 91 km · Mosul 91 km · Al-'Alam 99 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 102 km · Erbil 103 km · Kirkuk 106 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 Ash Sharqāt (35.5172°, 43.2281°, elevation 159 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	19	8
2	19	8
3	19	8
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	22	10
21	22	10
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	12
29	24	12
30	24	12
31	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3