Ghormach weather in March

In March, Ghormach sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 87 mm of precipitation across 12.2 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 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Ghormach's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ghormach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
9th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Precipitation
87 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:33 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
58%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Ghormach is town in Afghanistan.

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 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ghormach reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1110
2120
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4120
5121
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7131
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11132
12142
13142
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15142
16153
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20154
21164
22164
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25164
26175
27175
28175
29175
30175
31175

How March really feels in Ghormach

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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
14
wind chill below the day's low

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

Ghormach 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°538.95.69.91.1
Feb / -2°6910.45.310.61.8
Mar15° / 8712.22.911.74.2
Apr21° / 609.30.512.96.6
May26° / 12°234.6013.97.9
Jun31° / 16°20.6014.46.2
Jul33° / 18°00.1014.25.2
Aug31° / 16°00013.46.2
Sep27° / 12°10.2012.28.8
Oct21° / 51.4011.18.7
Nov15° / 315.41.210.15.1
Dec / -2°407.23.39.62.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
44852
54852
64852
74753
84753
94654
104654
114654
124654
134654
144555
154555
164654
174654
184654
194654
204654
214654
224753
234753
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254852
264951
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284951
295050
305050
315050

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Ghormach gets around 87 mm of rain and snow over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13817
23816
33816
43816
53816
63815
73915
83914
93914
103913
113912
123912
134011
144010
15409
16409
17408
18407
19407
20406
21406
22405
23405
24404
25394
26394
27394
28383
29383
30373
31373

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
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15100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 6:54 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:546:03
211.26:526:04
311.26:516:05
411.36:506:05
511.36:486:06
611.36:476:07
711.46:466:08
811.46:446:09
911.56:436:10
1011.56:416:11
1111.56:406:12
1211.66:396:13
1311.66:376:14
1411.66:366:14
1511.76:346:15
1611.76:336:16
1711.86:316:17
1811.86:306:18
1911.86:296:19
2011.96:276:20
2111.96:266:20
2212.06:246:21
2312.06:236:22
2412.06:216:23
2512.16:206:24
2612.16:186:25
2712.16:176:25
2812.26:156:26
2912.26:146:27
3012.36:126:28
3112.36:116:29

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.3Bright
34.3Bright
44.3Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.4Bright
84.5Bright
94.5Bright
104.5Bright
114.5Bright
124.6Bright
134.6Bright
144.6Bright
154.7Bright
164.7Bright
174.7Bright
184.7Bright
194.8Bright
204.8Bright
214.8Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
245.0Bright
255.0Bright
265.0Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ghormach

In seasonPeak

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

Ghormach sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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

Is March a good time to visit Ghormach?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Ghormach for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ghormach in March

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

In March, Ghormach sees daytime highs around 15°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 Ghormach in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ghormach peaks around July 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 14UV 11Jan 14UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ghormach 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 Ghormach is worst in July — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (January, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 1732 µg/m³Jan 1315 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ghormach?

Ghormach sits at 35.7°N, 63.8°E, 659 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Maymana, 93 km away.

MaymanaKarukhAndkhoyShahrakSar-e PulShibirghānHerātYolöten

Topography around Ghormach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ghormach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m around an average of 685 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,108 m.

The land around Ghormach is covered by bare terrain (38%), cropland (32%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
178 m
16 km
525 m
80 km
3,108 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Maymana 93 km · Karukh 176 km · Andkhoy 181 km · Shahrak 187 km · Sar-e Pul 201 km · Shibirghān 205 km · Herāt 211 km · Yolöten 216 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 17% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$417
2024
Happiness
1.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
15.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 446
Religion
Muslim 100%

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 Ghormach (35.7306°, 63.7826°, elevation 659 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).