May Cadera weather in March

In March, May Cadera sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is May Cadera's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see May Cadera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:46 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
22%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

May Cadera is town in northeastern Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical March day in May Cadera reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 1°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in May Cadera

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 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
31
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

May Cadera weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 20°0011.32.9
Feb38° / 21°0011.51.6
Mar40° / 24°10.111.90.2
Apr41° / 26°51.812.30.0
May40° / 27°348.312.60.2
Jun37° / 25°7716.212.81.4
Jul33° / 23°18724.312.72.5
Aug30° / 22°24927.212.52.9
Sep32° / 22°10317.212.13.3
Oct35° / 23°266.211.72.8
Nov37° / 22°20.611.32.2
Dec36° / 21°0011.22.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2919
3919
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

May Cadera gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:566:38
211.76:556:38
311.76:556:39
411.76:546:39
511.86:536:39
611.86:536:39
711.86:526:39
811.86:526:39
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1911.96:446:41
2012.06:446:41
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2712.16:386:42
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3012.16:366:42
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for May Cadera

In seasonPeak

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

May Cadera's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

May Cadera sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is March a good time to visit May Cadera?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in May Cadera.

What to pack for May Cadera in March

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

In March, May Cadera sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in May Cadera in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in May Cadera peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in May Cadera 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 May Cadera is worst in April — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 924 µg/m³Dec 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is May Cadera?

May Cadera sits at 14.1°N, 36.6°E, 626 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Adebaye, 25 km away.

DokaKhashm al QirbahAl Qadarif

Topography around May Cadera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around May Cadera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 621 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,490 m.

The land around May Cadera is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
368 m
80 km
1,490 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Adebaye 25 km · Himora 26 km · Ābderafī 40 km · Abala 50 km · Al-Fashaqah 84 km · Doka 106 km · Khashm al Qirbah 122 km · Al Qadarif 128 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$933
2025
Happiness
4.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
14%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.5
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
28.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 499
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

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 May Cadera (14.0729°, 36.5683°, elevation 626 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).