Bayjī weather in March

In March, Bayjī sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 35 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Bayjī's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayjī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
9th warmest
Overnight low
11°
4th coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:24 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
38%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Bayjī is city in northern 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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bayjī reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 28°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 Bayjī

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.

Bayjī weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 396.69.94.8
Feb17° / 32610.76.1
Mar22° / 11°355.511.77.7
Apr28° / 16°23412.96.9
May35° / 22°61.413.83.1
Jun41° / 27°0014.30.1
Jul43° / 29°00.114.10.0
Aug43° / 29°0013.30.0
Sep39° / 24°0012.20.9
Oct32° / 19°151.911.15.1
Nov22° / 12°274.310.27.9
Dec16° / 355.89.75.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 28%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
37129
47030
57030
67030
77030
87129
97129
107129
117129
127129
137129
147228
157228
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bayjī gets around 35 mm of rain over 5.5 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 18% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
118
218
318
417
517
617
717
817
917
1017
1117
1217
1317
1418
1518
1618
1718
1819
1919
2019
2119
2219
2319
2419
2519
2619
2719
2818
2918
3017
3117

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18982
19982
20982
21982
22982
23973
24973
25973
26973
27973
28964
29964
30964
31964

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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
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412calm
512calm
612light breeze
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912light breeze
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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 6:44 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:445:55
211.26:435:55
311.26:415:56
411.36:405:57
511.36:395:58
611.46:385:59
711.46:366:00
811.46:356:01
911.56:346:02
1011.56:326:02
1111.56:316:03
1211.66:296:04
1311.66:286:05
1411.76:276:06
1511.76:256:07
1611.76:246:08
1711.86:226:08
1811.86:216:09
1911.86:206:10
2011.96:186:11
2111.96:176:12
2212.06:156:12
2312.06:146:13
2412.06:126:14
2512.16:116:15
2612.16:106:16
2712.16:086:17
2812.26:076:17
2912.26:056:18
3012.36:046:19
3112.36:026:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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44.8Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Bayjī

In seasonPeak

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

Bayjī 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 Bayjī?

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

7.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bayjī in March

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

In March, Bayjī sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bayjī 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 Bayjī peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5Moderate
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Bayjī 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 Bayjī 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1956 µg/m³Nov 2042 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr49Poor
May52Poor
Jun54Poor
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug55Unhealthy
Sep51Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bayjī?

Bayjī sits at 34.9°N, 43.5°E, 115 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al-'Alam, 31 km away.

Ash SharqātTāzah KhūrmātūSāmarrā’KirkukŢūz KhūrmātūBalad

Topography around Bayjī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayjī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 116 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 m.

The land around Bayjī is covered by bare terrain (37%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
376 m
80 km
463 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Al-'Alam 31 km · Tikrīt 39 km · Ash Sharqāt 70 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 87 km · Sāmarrā’ 89 km · Kirkuk 102 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 104 km · Balad 118 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 Bayjī (34.9291°, 43.4888°, elevation 115 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).