Sar-e Pul weather in March

In March, Sar-e Pul sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 84 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 30% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Sar-e Pul's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sar-e Pul's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 84 mm; 12.3 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:24 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Sar-e Pul is capital of Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan.

Density: 1,743/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← February Sar-e Pul year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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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 Sar-e Pul reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°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 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°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	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

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

How March really feels in Sar-e Pul

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 6 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

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

Sar-e Pul weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-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	8° / -3°	54	9.4	5.1	9.8	1.5
Feb	10° / -1°	65	10.8	4.7	10.6	2.3
Mar	15° / 4°	84	12.3	2.2	11.7	4.5
Apr	21° / 9°	66	9.8	0.2	12.9	6.7
May	27° / 13°	28	4.6	0	13.9	7.6
Jun	32° / 17°	2	0.6	0	14.4	5.6
Jul	33° / 19°	0	0.1	0	14.2	4.8
Aug	32° / 17°	0	0	0	13.4	5.9
Sep	27° / 12°	1	0.3	0	12.2	8.7
Oct	21° / 7°	8	1.8	0	11.1	8.6
Nov	15° / 3°	37	6.6	1.1	10.1	5.0
Dec	10° / -1°	42	7.6	3.4	9.6	2.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46
Cloudier (%)	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	59	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Sar-e Pul gets around 84 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 2 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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38
Snow chance (%)	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	14
2	39	14
3	39	13
4	39	13
5	39	12
6	39	12
7	39	11
8	39	11
9	40	10
10	40	10
11	40	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	40	8
15	41	8
16	41	7
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	41	5
22	41	4
23	40	4
24	40	3
25	40	3
26	40	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	38	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 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:20 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)	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	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)	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:45	5:54
2	11.2	6:44	5:55
3	11.2	6:43	5:55
4	11.2	6:41	5:56
5	11.3	6:40	5:57
6	11.3	6:39	5:58
7	11.4	6:37	5:59
8	11.4	6:36	6:00
9	11.4	6:35	6:01
10	11.5	6:33	6:02
11	11.5	6:32	6:03
12	11.6	6:30	6:04
13	11.6	6:29	6:05
14	11.6	6:27	6:06
15	11.7	6:26	6:06
16	11.7	6:24	6:07
17	11.8	6:23	6:08
18	11.8	6:22	6:09
19	11.8	6:20	6:10
20	11.9	6:19	6:11
21	11.9	6:17	6:12
22	12.0	6:16	6:13
23	12.0	6:14	6:14
24	12.0	6:13	6:14
25	12.1	6:11	6:15
26	12.1	6:10	6:16
27	12.1	6:08	6:17
28	12.2	6:07	6:18
29	12.2	6:05	6:19
30	12.3	6:04	6:20
31	12.3	6:02	6:20

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.43 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)	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Sar-e Pul?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Sar-e Pul for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sar-e Pul in March

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

In March, Sar-e Pul sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Sar-e Pul in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sar-e Pul peaks around July 13 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	5	6	9	10	10	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Sar-e Pul 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 Sar-e Pul is worst in May — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 12 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)	12	14	21	27	28	22	22	21	23	19	15	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sar-e Pul?

Sar-e Pul sits at 36.2°N, 65.9°E, 657 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Shibirghān, 53 km away.

Topography around Sar-e Pul

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sar-e Pul.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sar-e Pul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 650 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 790 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,448 m.

The land around Sar-e Pul is covered by bare terrain (40%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and bare terrain (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

bare terrain 40%

16 km

790 m

bare terrain 43%

80 km

3,448 m

grassland 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← February Sar-e Pul year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Shibirghān 53 km · Sang-e Chārak 61 km · Balkh 105 km · Maymana 108 km · Andkhoy 109 km · Mazār-e Sharīf 119 km · Qarqīn 134 km · Termez 164 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 Sar-e Pul (36.2154°, 65.9325°, elevation 657 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	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	3
10	14	3
11	14	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	15	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	14
2	39	14
3	39	13
4	39	13
5	39	12
6	39	12
7	39	11
8	39	11
9	40	10
10	40	10
11	40	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	40	8
15	41	8
16	41	7
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	41	5
22	41	4
23	40	4
24	40	3
25	40	3
26	40	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	38	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	12	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	3
10	14	3
11	14	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	15	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	14
2	39	14
3	39	13
4	39	13
5	39	12
6	39	12
7	39	11
8	39	11
9	40	10
10	40	10
11	40	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	40	8
15	41	8
16	41	7
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	41	5
22	41	4
23	40	4
24	40	3
25	40	3
26	40	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	38	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	12	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	13	2
5	13	2
6	13	2
7	14	2
8	14	2
9	14	3
10	14	3
11	14	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	4
15	15	4
16	15	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	17	5
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	42	58
7	42	58
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	41	59
14	41	59
15	42	58
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	39	14
2	39	14
3	39	13
4	39	13
5	39	12
6	39	12
7	39	11
8	39	11
9	40	10
10	40	10
11	40	9
12	40	9
13	40	9
14	40	8
15	41	8
16	41	7
17	41	7
18	41	6
19	41	6
20	41	5
21	41	5
22	41	4
23	40	4
24	40	3
25	40	3
26	40	3
27	39	2
28	39	2
29	39	2
30	39	2
31	38	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