Aţ Ţafīlah weather in March

In March, Aţ Ţafīlah sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Aţ Ţafīlah's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aţ Ţafīlah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:54 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 9th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Aţ Ţafīlah is city in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan.

Density: 1,373/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~1100 BCE

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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical March day in Aţ Ţafīlah reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How March really feels in Aţ Ţafīlah

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.

Aţ Ţafīlah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 6°	20	4.1	10.2	6.0
Feb	17° / 7°	17	3.7	10.9	6.8
Mar	21° / 10°	14	2.5	11.8	8.2
Apr	26° / 13°	3	0.6	12.7	8.9
May	30° / 17°	1	0.2	13.5	7.0
Jun	32° / 20°	0	0	14	5.4
Jul	34° / 22°	0	0	13.8	4.4
Aug	34° / 22°	0	0	13.1	4.5
Sep	32° / 20°	0	0.1	12.2	5.9
Oct	28° / 17°	2	0.4	11.2	8.0
Nov	23° / 12°	4	1.3	10.4	8.8
Dec	18° / 8°	8	2	10	7.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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 (%)	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	86
Cloudier (%)	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Aţ Ţafīlah gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 11% 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 (%)	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5

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

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 9 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:50 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)	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	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	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:36	5:35
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:12	5:30
2	11.3	6:11	5:30
3	11.4	6:10	5:31
4	11.4	6:09	5:32
5	11.4	6:07	5:33
6	11.5	6:06	5:33
7	11.5	6:05	5:34
8	11.5	6:04	5:35
9	11.5	6:03	5:35
10	11.6	6:02	5:36
11	11.6	6:00	5:37
12	11.6	5:59	5:38
13	11.7	5:58	5:38
14	11.7	5:57	5:39
15	11.7	5:55	5:40
16	11.8	5:54	5:40
17	11.8	5:53	5:41
18	11.8	5:52	5:42
19	11.9	5:50	5:42
20	11.9	5:49	5:43
21	11.9	5:48	5:44
22	12.0	5:47	5:44
23	12.0	5:45	5:45
24	12.0	5:44	5:46
25	12.1	5:43	5:46
26	12.1	5:42	5:47
27	12.1	5:40	5:47
28	12.2	5:39	5:48
29	12.2	5:38	5:49
30	12.2	5:36	5:49
31	12.2	5:35	5:50

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.3 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.77 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)	5.1	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	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4
Level	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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Aţ Ţafīlah

In seasonPeak

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

Aţ Ţafīlah 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 Aţ Ţafīlah?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Aţ Ţafīlah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Aţ Ţafīlah in March

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

In March, Aţ Ţafīlah sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Aţ Ţafīlah 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 Aţ Ţafīlah peaks around June 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	7	8	10	12	11	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Aţ Ţafīlah 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 Aţ Ţafīlah is worst in December — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 28 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)	47	46	44	44	41	32	28	29	33	36	44	47
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	44	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	36	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Aţ Ţafīlah?

Aţ Ţafīlah sits at 30.8°N, 35.6°E, 1,041 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Safi, 26 km away.

Topography around Aţ Ţafīlah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aţ Ţafīlah has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 856 m around an average of 1,019 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,892 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,157 m.

The land around Aţ Ţafīlah is covered by bare terrain (52%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (70%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

856 m

bare terrain 52%

16 km

1,892 m

bare terrain 70%

80 km

2,157 m

bare terrain 88%

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

March weather nearby: Safi 26 km · ‘Izrā 37 km · Karak City 39 km · Kerak 39 km · Petra 59 km · Ma'an 72 km · As Samū‘ 81 km · Yaţţā 83 km

Jordan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type B / C / D / F / G / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,348; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 17; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 426
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 Aţ Ţafīlah (30.8375°, 35.6044°, elevation 1,041 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	19	9
2	19	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	20	9
7	20	9
8	20	10
9	20	10
10	20	10
11	20	10
12	20	10
13	20	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	10
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	84	16
27	84	16
28	84	16
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

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

	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