Nahiyat Ghammas weather in March

In March, Nahiyat Ghammas sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°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 24°C in the first days to 28°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 Nahiyat Ghammas's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nahiyat Ghammas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
8th warmest
Overnight low
13°
4th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:18 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
29%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Nahiyat Ghammas is human settlement 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 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical March day in Nahiyat Ghammas reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°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 Nahiyat Ghammas

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.

Nahiyat Ghammas 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° / 193.610.27.1
Feb21° / 122.310.88.1
Mar26° / 13°112.211.88.3
Apr32° / 18°9212.84.9
May39° / 24°40.513.61.1
Jun43° / 28°00140.0
Jul45° / 30°0013.90.0
Aug46° / 30°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 26°0012.20.0
Oct35° / 21°30.711.23.1
Nov26° / 14°172.310.48.1
Dec19° / 163107.6

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 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28218
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48218
58218
68119
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Nahiyat Ghammas 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 8% 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 98% 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
8982
9982
10982
11982
12982
13982
14982
15982
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25982
26973
27973
28973
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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
112calm
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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 6:37 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:375:53
211.36:365:54
311.36:345:54
411.46:335:55
511.46:325:56
611.46:315:57
711.56:305:57
811.56:285:58
911.56:275:59
1011.66:266:00
1111.66:256:00
1211.66:236:01
1311.76:226:02
1411.76:216:03
1511.76:206:03
1611.86:186:04
1711.86:176:05
1811.86:166:05
1911.96:156:06
2011.96:136:07
2111.96:126:07
2212.06:116:08
2312.06:096:09
2412.06:086:09
2512.16:076:10
2612.16:056:11
2712.16:046:12
2812.26:036:12
2912.26:016:13
3012.26:006:14
3112.35:596:14

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.76 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 Nahiyat Ghammas

In seasonPeak

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

Nahiyat Ghammas sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Mar
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May
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Jul
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Is March a good time to visit Nahiyat Ghammas?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nahiyat Ghammas in March

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

In March, Nahiyat Ghammas sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nahiyat Ghammas 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 Nahiyat Ghammas peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — 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 15UV 10Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Nahiyat Ghammas 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 Nahiyat Ghammas is worst in May — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMay 1478 µg/m³Nov 1751 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar78Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May79Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul62Unhealthy
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov50Poor
Dec59Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nahiyat Ghammas?

Nahiyat Ghammas sits at 31.7°N, 44.6°E, 18 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Mishkhāb, 14 km away.

Ar RumaythahAl-Qāsim

Topography around Nahiyat Ghammas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nahiyat Ghammas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m.

The land around Nahiyat Ghammas is covered by cropland (58%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (61%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
19 m
80 km
222 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Al Mishkhāb 14 km · Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah 18 km · Ash Shāmīyah 24 km · Kufa 38 km · Al Diwaniyah 40 km · Najaf 41 km · Ar Rumaythah 60 km · Al-Qāsim 62 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 Nahiyat Ghammas (31.7431°, 44.6196°, elevation 18 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).