Ramadi weather in March

In March, Ramadi sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Ramadi's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ramadi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
8th warmest
Overnight low
12°
4th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:24 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
31%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.5
out of 10

Ramadi is city in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq.

Founded
1869

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 22°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ramadi reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 29°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 Ramadi

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.

Ramadi 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
Jan15° / 214.2105.6
Feb18° / 203.410.87.1
Mar24° / 12°17311.78.5
Apr30° / 18°111.812.86.5
May36° / 23°30.813.72.7
Jun41° / 28°0014.20.1
Jul43° / 30°00140.0
Aug43° / 30°0013.20.0
Sep39° / 26°00.112.20.8
Oct33° / 20°61.111.24.9
Nov23° / 13°182.710.38.3
Dec17° / 203.99.86.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 21%.

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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ramadi gets around 17 mm of rain over 3 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 9% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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29
39
49
59
69
79
89
99
109
119
129
139
1410
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1610
1710
1810
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2010
2110
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279
289
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309
319

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
2982
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5982
6982
7982
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15991
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31955

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light 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 6:43 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:435:57
211.36:425:57
311.36:415:58
411.36:405:59
511.46:386:00
611.46:376:01
711.46:366:02
811.56:356:02
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1411.76:276:07
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1611.76:246:09
1711.86:236:09
1811.86:216:10
1911.86:206:11
2011.96:196:12
2111.96:176:13
2212.06:166:13
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2512.16:126:16
2612.16:106:16
2712.16:096:17
2812.26:086:18
2912.26:066:19
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.92 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.64 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ramadi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Ramadi?

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

8.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ramadi in March

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

In March, Ramadi sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ramadi 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 Ramadi peaks around June 15 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 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

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

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 2376 µg/m³Sep 1065 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb73Unhealthy
Mar73Unhealthy
Apr71Unhealthy
May71Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug65Unhealthy
Sep65Unhealthy
Oct73Unhealthy
Nov68Unhealthy
Dec76Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ramadi?

Ramadi sits at 33.4°N, 43.3°E, 53 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Fallūjah, 45 km away.

Abū GhuraybAd DujaylSāmarrā’BaladBaghdadAl Maḩmūdīyah

Topography around Ramadi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ramadi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m.

The land around Ramadi is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) within 3 km, bare terrain (49%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
250 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Al Fallūjah 45 km · Hīt 51 km · Abū Ghurayb 82 km · Ad Dujayl 98 km · Sāmarrā’ 101 km · Balad 102 km · Baghdad 102 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 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
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 Ramadi (33.4206°, 43.3078°, elevation 53 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).