Najaf Weather in March
Najaf in March
The short of it: Najaf in March averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 5 °C (42 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 5° · rain 52 mm · daylight 11 h 51 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
Thirty years of records give Najaf an average March high of 17°, a low of 5° and some 52 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 17°; nights run about 5°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 52 mm.
The sun is up for about 11 h 51 min in mid-March, 66 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Najaf runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Qarah Moşallá, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
March in Najaf, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qarah MoşalláNorth Khorasan | 2 km SW | 17° | 5° | 52 mm |
| ĀshkhānehNorth Khorasan | 2 km ESE | 16° | 5° | 52 mm |
| Mollā ḨasanNorth Khorasan | 3 km S | 17° | 5° | 52 mm |
| KerīkNorth Khorasan | 5 km E | 16° | 5° | 52 mm |
| BīdakNorth Khorasan | 31 km ESE | 14° | 3° | 58 mm |
| BojnūrdNorth Khorasan | 40 km ESE | 15° | 4° | 56 mm |
| BorjNorth Khorasan | 43 km ESE | 15° | 3° | 56 mm |
| KhartūtNorth Khorasan | 44 km NNW | 17° | 6° | 45 mm |