Tabuk weather in March

In March, Tabuk sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.6 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 23°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Tabuk's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tabuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:50 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 6th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.2; out of 10

Tabuk is place in Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia.

Founded: 1915

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 23°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical March day in Tabuk reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°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)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12

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

How March really feels in Tabuk

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Tabuk 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 4°	5	1.1	10.4	7.6
Feb	20° / 6°	2	0.5	11	8.5
Mar	24° / 10°	3	0.6	11.8	9.2
Apr	29° / 14°	1	0.6	12.7	7.3
May	33° / 18°	2	0.4	13.4	4.4
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	13.8	2.4
Jul	38° / 23°	0	0	13.6	1.5
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0	13	1.4
Sep	36° / 21°	0	0	12.2	2.9
Oct	31° / 16°	1	0.4	11.3	6.1
Nov	24° / 10°	3	0.7	10.6	9.0
Dec	19° / 6°	1	0.4	10.2	8.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	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 (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tabuk gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
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12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 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 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:45 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:06	6:28
2	11.4	7:05	6:28
3	11.4	7:04	6:29
4	11.4	7:03	6:30
5	11.5	7:02	6:30
6	11.5	7:01	6:31
7	11.5	7:00	6:32
8	11.6	6:59	6:32
9	11.6	6:58	6:33
10	11.6	6:57	6:34
11	11.6	6:55	6:34
12	11.7	6:54	6:35
13	11.7	6:53	6:35
14	11.7	6:52	6:36
15	11.8	6:51	6:36
16	11.8	6:50	6:37
17	11.8	6:49	6:38
18	11.8	6:47	6:38
19	11.9	6:46	6:39
20	11.9	6:45	6:39
21	11.9	6:44	6:40
22	12.0	6:43	6:40
23	12.0	6:41	6:41
24	12.0	6:40	6:42
25	12.1	6:39	6:42
26	12.1	6:38	6:43
27	12.1	6:37	6:43
28	12.1	6:36	6:44
29	12.2	6:34	6:44
30	12.2	6:33	6:45
31	12.2	6:32	6:45

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 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 6.45 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)	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tabuk

In seasonPeak

None of Tabuk's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Tabuk sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Tabuk?

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

9.2

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tabuk in March

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

In March, Tabuk sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

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UV index in Tabuk in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tabuk peaks around August 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	9	8	11	12	12	12	10	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Tabuk 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 Tabuk is worst in April — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 23 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)	23	28	34	44	41	36	32	34	35	28	28	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	44	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tabuk?

Tabuk sits at 28.4°N, 36.6°E, 768 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Duba, 145 km away.

Topography around Tabuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tabuk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 764 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,322 m.

The land around Tabuk is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

23 m

artificial surfaces 71%

16 km

116 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

1,322 m

bare terrain 97%

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

March weather nearby: Duba 145 km · Wadi Rum 173 km · Ḩaql 186 km · Aqaba 197 km · Dahab 203 km · Taymā’ 212 km · Ma'an 216 km · Sharm El Sheikh 226 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 Tabuk (28.3998°, 36.5715°, elevation 768 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	22	8
2	23	8
3	23	8
4	23	8
5	23	9
6	23	9
7	23	9
8	23	9
9	23	9
10	24	9
11	24	9
12	24	9
13	24	9
14	24	9
15	24	10
16	24	10
17	24	10
18	24	10
19	24	10
20	24	10
21	25	10
22	25	10
23	25	10
24	25	10
25	25	11
26	25	11
27	26	11
28	26	11
29	26	11
30	26	11
31	26	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	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