Mehtar Lām weather in March

In March, Mehtar Lām sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 8.7 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 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Mehtar Lām's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mehtar Lām's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:07 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Mehtar Lām is city in Laghman Province, Afghanistan.

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 13°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in Mehtar Lām reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 7°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	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How March really feels in Mehtar Lām

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.

Mehtar Lām 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	9° / -2°	33	5.2	4.3	9.9	1.9
Feb	10° / -0°	54	7.7	5.6	10.7	2.5
Mar	15° / 5°	59	8.7	5.2	11.7	5.0
Apr	22° / 10°	53	8.5	1.9	12.8	7.0
May	28° / 15°	26	7.6	0	13.8	6.5
Jun	32° / 19°	9	2.8	0	14.3	5.0
Jul	32° / 21°	38	6.7	0	14.1	4.5
Aug	31° / 20°	30	7.3	0	13.3	5.3
Sep	29° / 17°	8	1.8	0	12.2	7.7
Oct	23° / 11°	10	1.9	0.2	11.1	8.8
Nov	17° / 4°	17	3.1	1.6	10.2	6.5
Dec	11° / -0°	16	3.2	2.6	9.7	3.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

	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 (%)	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	61	62	61	62
Cloudier (%)	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	39	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Mehtar Lām gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 28% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27
Snow chance (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11

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

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 5 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
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13	5	calm
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16	5	calm
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18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
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26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

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 6:27 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 6:03 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)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:27	5:38
2	11.2	6:26	5:39
3	11.3	6:24	5:40
4	11.3	6:23	5:41
5	11.3	6:22	5:41
6	11.4	6:20	5:42
7	11.4	6:19	5:43
8	11.4	6:18	5:44
9	11.5	6:17	5:45
10	11.5	6:15	5:46
11	11.5	6:14	5:47
12	11.6	6:12	5:47
13	11.6	6:11	5:48
14	11.7	6:10	5:49
15	11.7	6:08	5:50
16	11.7	6:07	5:51
17	11.8	6:05	5:52
18	11.8	6:04	5:52
19	11.8	6:03	5:53
20	11.9	6:01	5:54
21	11.9	6:00	5:55
22	12.0	5:58	5:56
23	12.0	5:57	5:56
24	12.0	5:56	5:57
25	12.1	5:54	5:58
26	12.1	5:53	5:59
27	12.1	5:51	6:00
28	12.2	5:50	6:00
29	12.2	5:48	6:01
30	12.3	5:47	6:02
31	12.3	5:45	6:03

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.3 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)	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
Level	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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Mehtar Lām?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Mehtar Lām for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mehtar Lām in March

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

In March, Mehtar Lām sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mehtar Lām in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mehtar Lām peaks around June 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (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)	3	5	8	8	11	11	11	10	9	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Mehtar Lām 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 Mehtar Lām is worst in July — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (October, 21 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)	25	25	25	23	25	30	34	32	25	21	22	24
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mehtar Lām?

Mehtar Lām sits at 34.7°N, 70.2°E, 795 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Jalālābād, 35 km away.

Topography around Mehtar Lām

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mehtar Lām has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 773 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,032 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,573 m.

The land around Mehtar Lām is covered by cropland (56%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (59%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (39%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

cropland 56%

16 km

2,032 m

bare terrain 59%

80 km

4,573 m

bare terrain 39%

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

March weather nearby: Jalālābād 35 km · Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn 76 km · Asadābād 89 km · Bāzārak 95 km · Kabul 96 km · Jabal os Saraj 102 km · Charikar 102 km · Istālif 105 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

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 Mehtar Lām (34.6714°, 70.2094°, elevation 795 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	2
2	12	2
3	13	2
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	3
7	13	3
8	14	3
9	14	3
10	14	3
11	14	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	15	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	18	6
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	62	38

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	62	38

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	56	44
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	61	39
31	62	38

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

	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