Madaba weather in March

In March, Madaba sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 29 mm of rain across 5.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Madaba's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
10°
4th coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
5.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:54 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
35%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Madaba is city in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.

Density
2/km²
people per km²
Founded
1921

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Madaba reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1189
2189
3189
4189
51810
61910
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How March really feels in Madaba

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Madaba weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 497.310.25.0
Feb16° / 42710.85.6
Mar19° / 10°295.111.87.3
Apr24° / 13°92.112.88.6
May29° / 17°30.613.67.5
Jun32° / 20°00.1145.8
Jul33° / 22°0013.94.8
Aug33° / 22°0013.24.7
Sep32° / 21°00.112.25.8
Oct28° / 18°41.111.27.8
Nov22° / 12°143.410.48.2
Dec17° / 295.1106.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37624
47723
57723
67723
77723
87723
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117822
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Madaba gets around 29 mm of rain over 5.1 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 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
118
218
317
417
516
616
716
816
916
1016
1116
1216
1317
1417
1517
1618
1718
1818
1919
2019
2118
2218
2318
2417
2517
2616
2715
2815
2914
3013
3112

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 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
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219calm
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249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:125:28
211.36:115:29
311.36:105:30
411.46:085:31
511.46:075:31
611.46:065:32
711.56:055:33
811.56:045:34
911.56:025:34
1011.66:015:35
1111.66:005:36
1211.65:595:36
1311.75:585:37
1411.75:565:38
1511.75:555:39
1611.85:545:39
1711.85:525:40
1811.85:515:41
1911.95:505:41
2011.95:495:42
2111.95:475:43
2212.05:465:43
2312.05:455:44
2412.05:435:45
2512.15:425:45
2612.15:415:46
2712.15:395:47
2812.25:385:47
2912.25:375:48
3012.25:355:49
3112.35:345:50

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.8Bright
34.9Bright
44.9Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.1Bright
85.1Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
115.2Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
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205.6Bright
215.6Bright
225.7Bright
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245.8Bright
255.8Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Madaba?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Madaba in March

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

In March, Madaba sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Madaba in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madaba peaks around June 18 at about 11 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Madaba 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 Madaba is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1238 µg/m³Jul 1824 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr39Poor
May35Poor
Jun27Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Madaba?

Madaba sits at 31.7°N, 35.8°E, 790 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Umm as Summāq, 20 km away.

Ḩayy al QuwaysimahSaḩābWādī as SīrMāḩişAmman

Topography around Madaba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,123 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,719 m.

The land around Madaba is covered by cropland (51%) and artificial surfaces (41%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and bare terrain (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
1,123 m
80 km
1,719 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Umm as Summāq 20 km · Marj Al Hamam 21 km · Khuraybat as Sūq 22 km · Ḩayy al Quwaysimah 26 km · Saḩāb 26 km · Wādī as Sīr 27 km · Māḩiş 30 km · Amman 30 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
Muslim 97%Christian 2%Buddhist 0%Hindu 0%

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 Madaba (31.716°, 35.7939°, elevation 790 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).