Shīnḏanḏ weather in March

In March, Shīnḏanḏ sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 63 mm of rain across 8.2 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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 Shīnḏanḏ's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shīnḏanḏ's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 63 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:39 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Shīnḏanḏ is place in Herat Province, Afghanistan.

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

← February Shīnḏanḏ 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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Shīnḏanḏ reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°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)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Avg low (°C)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How March really feels in Shīnḏanḏ

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.

Shīnḏanḏ 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	11° / -0°	49	7.1	1	10	3.1
Feb	13° / 2°	56	7.9	0.7	10.8	4.0
Mar	19° / 6°	63	8.2	0	11.7	6.5
Apr	26° / 11°	28	4.3	0	12.8	7.7
May	32° / 17°	3	0.9	0	13.7	5.1
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	0	14.2	2.2
Jul	39° / 24°	0	0	0	14	0.8
Aug	38° / 22°	0	0	0	13.2	1.8
Sep	34° / 17°	0	0.1	0	12.2	4.6
Oct	27° / 11°	2	0.6	0	11.2	8.6
Nov	19° / 5°	14	2.8	0	10.3	7.6
Dec	14° / 1°	22	4.1	0.3	9.8	4.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 35%.

	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 (%)	70	69	69	69	69	67	67	66	65	65	65	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	67	68
Cloudier (%)	30	31	31	31	31	33	33	34	35	35	35	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	33	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Shīnḏanḏ gets around 63 mm of rain over 8.2 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 rain averages around 26% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23

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

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
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	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
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
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
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	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 6:58 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:35 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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	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	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:58	6:11
2	11.3	6:57	6:12
3	11.3	6:55	6:13
4	11.3	6:54	6:14
5	11.4	6:53	6:15
6	11.4	6:52	6:16
7	11.4	6:51	6:16
8	11.5	6:49	6:17
9	11.5	6:48	6:18
10	11.5	6:47	6:19
11	11.6	6:45	6:20
12	11.6	6:44	6:20
13	11.6	6:43	6:21
14	11.7	6:41	6:22
15	11.7	6:40	6:23
16	11.7	6:39	6:23
17	11.8	6:37	6:24
18	11.8	6:36	6:25
19	11.8	6:35	6:26
20	11.9	6:33	6:26
21	11.9	6:32	6:27
22	12.0	6:31	6:28
23	12.0	6:29	6:29
24	12.0	6:28	6:29
25	12.1	6:26	6:30
26	12.1	6:25	6:31
27	12.1	6:24	6:32
28	12.2	6:22	6:32
29	12.2	6:21	6:33
30	12.2	6:20	6:34
31	12.3	6:18	6:35

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.21 kWh/m² to a high of 8.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.52 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)	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Shīnḏanḏ

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Shīnḏanḏ?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Shīnḏanḏ for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shīnḏanḏ in March

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

In March, Shīnḏanḏ sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Shīnḏanḏ in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shīnḏanḏ peaks around July 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	8	9	12	12	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Shīnḏanḏ 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 Shīnḏanḏ is worst in July — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	23	28	35	38	37	49	49	46	34	21	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	38	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	49	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Shīnḏanḏ?

Shīnḏanḏ sits at 33.3°N, 62.1°E, 1,071 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Kushk, 18 km away.

Topography around Shīnḏanḏ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shīnḏanḏ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 1,067 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,283 m.

The land around Shīnḏanḏ is covered by cropland (77%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

33 m

cropland 77%

16 km

500 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

2,283 m

bare terrain 94%

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

March weather nearby: Kushk 18 km · Farah 103 km · Herāt 116 km · Karukh 137 km · Eslam Qaleh 181 km · Tāybād 204 km · Khāsh 206 km · Shahrak 219 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 Shīnḏanḏ (33.3029°, 62.1474°, elevation 1,071 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	16	3
2	16	3
3	16	4
4	16	4
5	16	4
6	17	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	17	5
10	17	5
11	18	5
12	18	5
13	18	5
14	18	6
15	18	6
16	19	6
17	19	6
18	19	6
19	19	6
20	19	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	21	8
26	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	8
29	21	8
30	22	8
31	22	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	66	34
27	66	34
28	67	33
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	68	32

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

	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