Zaxo weather in March

In March, Zaxo sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 116 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Zaxo's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaxo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 116 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:28 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Zaxo is city and centre of the Zakho District in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Zaxo reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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

How March really feels in Zaxo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Zaxo weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / -2°	113	10.3	5.6	9.7	1.4
Feb	10° / -1°	108	11.3	5.6	10.6	2.0
Mar	14° / 3°	116	12.3	2.9	11.7	4.0
Apr	20° / 7°	84	10.3	0.2	12.9	6.3
May	26° / 12°	35	6	0	14	7.4
Jun	33° / 17°	2	0.6	0	14.5	4.5
Jul	37° / 21°	1	0.2	0	14.3	1.9
Aug	37° / 20°	1	0.1	0	13.4	2.3
Sep	32° / 15°	1	0.4	0	12.3	5.6
Oct	25° / 11°	29	4	0	11	8.0
Nov	16° / 4°	66	7.1	0.7	10	5.7
Dec	10° / -0°	105	9.9	3.5	9.5	2.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	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 (%)	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	52	52	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	54	54	54
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	48	48	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	46	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Zaxo gets around 116 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	38	38	38	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	39
Snow chance (%)	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	11
2	38	10
3	38	10
4	37	9
5	37	9
6	37	9
7	38	8
8	38	8
9	38	8
10	39	9
11	39	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	41	10
15	41	10
16	42	10
17	42	10
18	42	10
19	43	11
20	43	11
21	43	11
22	43	10
23	42	10
24	42	10
25	42	9
26	41	8
27	41	8
28	40	7
29	40	6
30	39	6
31	39	5

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:49 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:24 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)	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:49	5:56
2	11.1	6:48	5:57
3	11.2	6:47	5:58
4	11.2	6:45	5:59
5	11.3	6:44	6:00
6	11.3	6:42	6:01
7	11.3	6:41	6:02
8	11.4	6:40	6:03
9	11.4	6:38	6:03
10	11.5	6:37	6:04
11	11.5	6:35	6:05
12	11.5	6:34	6:06
13	11.6	6:32	6:07
14	11.6	6:31	6:08
15	11.7	6:29	6:09
16	11.7	6:28	6:10
17	11.7	6:26	6:11
18	11.8	6:25	6:12
19	11.8	6:23	6:13
20	11.9	6:22	6:14
21	11.9	6:20	6:15
22	11.9	6:19	6:16
23	12.0	6:17	6:16
24	12.0	6:16	6:17
25	12.1	6:14	6:18
26	12.1	6:12	6:19
27	12.2	6:11	6:20
28	12.2	6:09	6:21
29	12.2	6:08	6:22
30	12.3	6:06	6:23
31	12.3	6:05	6:24

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.23 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.52 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Moderate	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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Zaxo

In seasonPeak

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

Zaxo's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Zaxo?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Zaxo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zaxo in March

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

In March, Zaxo sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zaxo 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 Zaxo peaks around June 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	11	9	10	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Zaxo 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 Zaxo is worst in May — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	22	27	29	30	24	23	22	22	23	18	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Zaxo?

Zaxo sits at 37.1°N, 42.7°E, 439 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Silopi, 22 km away.

Topography around Zaxo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaxo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 224 m around an average of 469 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 875 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,101 m.

The land around Zaxo is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

224 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

875 m

grassland 54%

80 km

3,101 m

grassland 53%

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

March weather nearby: Silopi 22 km · Batifa 29 km · Sumayl 35 km · Simele 35 km · Dihok 41 km · Şırnak 45 km · Al Mālikīyah 48 km · Cizre 49 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 Zaxo (37.1487°, 42.6859°, elevation 439 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	12	1
2	12	1
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	13	2
8	13	2
9	13	2
10	13	2
11	13	2
12	14	3
13	14	3
14	14	3
15	14	3
16	14	3
17	14	3
18	14	3
19	14	3
20	14	3
21	14	3
22	15	4
23	15	4
24	15	4
25	15	4
26	15	4
27	16	4
28	16	4
29	16	5
30	16	5
31	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	11
2	38	10
3	38	10
4	37	9
5	37	9
6	37	9
7	38	8
8	38	8
9	38	8
10	39	9
11	39	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	41	10
15	41	10
16	42	10
17	42	10
18	42	10
19	43	11
20	43	11
21	43	11
22	43	10
23	42	10
24	42	10
25	42	9
26	41	8
27	41	8
28	40	7
29	40	6
30	39	6
31	39	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	11
2	38	10
3	38	10
4	37	9
5	37	9
6	37	9
7	38	8
8	38	8
9	38	8
10	39	9
11	39	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	41	10
15	41	10
16	42	10
17	42	10
18	42	10
19	43	11
20	43	11
21	43	11
22	43	10
23	42	10
24	42	10
25	42	9
26	41	8
27	41	8
28	40	7
29	40	6
30	39	6
31	39	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	52	48
19	51	49
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	11
2	38	10
3	38	10
4	37	9
5	37	9
6	37	9
7	38	8
8	38	8
9	38	8
10	39	9
11	39	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	41	10
15	41	10
16	42	10
17	42	10
18	42	10
19	43	11
20	43	11
21	43	11
22	43	10
23	42	10
24	42	10
25	42	9
26	41	8
27	41	8
28	40	7
29	40	6
30	39	6
31	39	5

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100