Sagurē weather in March

In March, Sagurē sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 208 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Sagurē's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sagurē's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
208 mm
16.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:35 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Sagurē is town in south-central Ethiopia.

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 20°C through the month.

A typical March day in Sagurē reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 1°C warmer than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1207
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Sagurē weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 439.111.66.5
Feb20° / 628.411.76.5
Mar20° / 20816.211.95.5
Apr19° / 39222.912.24.2
May19° / 45224.512.34.0
Jun18° / 49428.412.43.3
Jul17° / 69130.912.42.7
Aug17° / 102130.912.32.7
Sep17° / 79228.8123.1
Oct18° / 24720.111.84.4
Nov18° / 488.311.66.3
Dec19° / 20511.67.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25842
35743
45545
55446
65347
75149
85149
94951
104951
114654
124654
134555
144456
154456
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174357
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254159
264060
274060
284060
293961
303961
313862

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Sagurē gets around 208 mm of rain over 16.2 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 52% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
340
441
542
643
744
845
946
1047
1148
1249
1350
1450
1551
1652
1752
1853
1954
2055
2156
2257
2358
2459
2560
2660
2761
2862
2963
3064
3165

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
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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 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
205calm
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245calm
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265calm
275calm
285calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 18 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:416:32
211.86:416:32
311.96:416:32
411.96:406:32
511.96:406:32
611.96:396:32
711.96:396:32
811.96:396:32
911.96:386:32
1011.96:386:32
1111.96:376:32
1211.96:376:32
1311.96:366:32
1411.96:366:32
1511.96:356:32
1611.96:356:31
1712.06:346:31
1812.06:346:31
1912.06:336:31
2012.06:336:31
2112.06:326:31
2212.06:326:31
2312.06:316:31
2412.06:306:31
2512.06:306:31
2612.06:296:31
2712.06:296:30
2812.06:286:30
2912.06:286:30
3012.06:276:30
3112.16:276:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 6.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
26.7Intense
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46.7Intense
56.7Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Sagurē

In seasonPeak

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

Sagurē's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is March a good time to visit Sagurē?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Sagurē for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sagurē in March

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

In March, Sagurē sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Sagurē in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sagurē peaks around March 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 12 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 17Nov 23UV 12
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May14Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug15Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Sagurē 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 Sagurē is worst in June — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1732 µg/m³Jan 1726 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sagurē?

Sagurē sits at 7.8°N, 39.1°E, 2,512 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Āsela, 22 km away.

Topography around Sagurē

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sagurē has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 2,504 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,113 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,925 m.

The land around Sagurē is covered by cropland (91%) within 3 km, cropland (90%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
124 m
16 km
1,113 m
80 km
2,925 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Āsela 22 km · Bek’ojī 26 km · Gobēsa 41 km · Īteya 44 km · Huruta 50 km · Ziway 52 km · Mek’ī 58 km · ‘Alem T’ēna 65 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 Sagurē (7.75°, 39.15°, elevation 2,512 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).