Laylá weather in March

In March, Laylá sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Laylá's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laylá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
16°
5th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:08 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
21%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Laylá is town in central Saudi Arabia.

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 28°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical March day in Laylá reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Laylá

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 1 day 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
1
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Laylá weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 10°41.110.88.8
Feb25° / 12°30.811.29.2
Mar30° / 16°61.111.86.8
Apr35° / 21°71.512.53.3
May40° / 26°10.313.10.4
Jun43° / 27°0013.30.0
Jul44° / 29°0013.20.0
Aug43° / 29°0012.80.0
Sep40° / 25°0012.10.3
Oct35° / 20°00.111.53.4
Nov28° / 15°30.710.97.7
Dec24° / 11°30.710.79.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
78911
88911
98911
108911
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Laylá gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.1 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
33
43
53
63
73
83
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275
286
296
306
316

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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
197300
297300
397300
497300
597300
697300
797300
897300
997300
1097300
1197300
1297300
1396310
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1595410
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Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 6:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:215:52
211.56:205:52
311.66:195:53
411.66:185:53
511.66:185:54
611.66:175:54
711.66:165:54
811.76:155:55
911.76:145:55
1011.76:135:56
1111.76:125:56
1211.86:115:56
1311.86:105:57
1411.86:095:57
1511.86:085:58
1611.86:085:58
1711.96:075:58
1811.96:065:59
1911.96:055:59
2011.96:045:59
2112.06:036:00
2212.06:026:00
2312.06:016:00
2412.06:006:01
2512.05:596:01
2612.15:586:02
2712.15:576:02
2812.15:566:02
2912.15:556:03
3012.15:546:03
3112.25:536:03

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 6.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
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296.8Intense
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316.8Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Laylá

In seasonPeak

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

Laylá sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

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

Is March a good time to visit Laylá?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Laylá for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Laylá in March

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

In March, Laylá sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Laylá in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Laylá peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 15UV 11Dec 15UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Laylá 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 Laylá is worst in March — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 41 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorMar 2094 µg/m³Oct 1442 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb73Unhealthy
Mar96Unhealthy
Apr88Unhealthy
May79Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul67Unhealthy
Aug61Unhealthy
Sep47Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec55Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Laylá?

Laylá sits at 22.3°N, 46.7°E, 541 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm, 135 km away.

Ḥawṭah Banī TamīmAd DilamAl KharjAs Sulayyil‘IrqahRiyadhAd Dir‘īyahAd Dawādimī

Topography around Laylá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laylá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 540 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 701 m.

The land around Laylá is covered by bare terrain (64%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
90 m
80 km
701 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm 135 km · Ad Dilam 194 km · Al Kharj 216 km · As Sulayyil 236 km · ‘Irqah 266 km · Riyadh 266 km · Ad Dir‘īyah 274 km · Ad Dawādimī 342 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

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 Laylá (22.2921°, 46.7238°, elevation 541 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).