Rukban weather in March

In March, Rukban sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 14 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 Rukban's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rukban's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:43 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover
37%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Rukban reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°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 4°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1176
2176
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4186
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How March really feels in Rukban

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.

Rukban 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 173.9104.0
Feb14° / 183.710.85.1
Mar19° / 143.411.77.4
Apr24° / 11°101.912.88.6
May30° / 16°5113.76.7
Jun34° / 20°00.114.24.1
Jul37° / 22°00142.5
Aug36° / 22°0013.22.5
Sep33° / 20°10.212.24.7
Oct28° / 15°81.811.27.7
Nov20° / 122.510.37.7
Dec14° / 132.89.85.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27327
37327
47426
57426
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87426
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Rukban gets around 14 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
112
211
311
411
511
611
711
811
911
1011
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1611
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319

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
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3016light breeze
3116light breeze

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 6:02 AM to 5:22 AM, and sunset from 5:15 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:025:15
211.36:005:16
311.35:595:17
411.35:585:18
511.45:575:18
611.45:565:19
711.45:545:20
811.55:535:21
911.55:525:22
1011.55:505:22
1111.65:495:23
1211.65:485:24
1311.65:475:25
1411.75:455:26
1511.75:445:26
1611.75:435:27
1711.85:415:28
1811.85:405:29
1911.85:385:29
2011.95:375:30
2111.95:365:31
2212.05:345:32
2312.05:335:32
2412.05:325:33
2512.15:305:34
2612.15:295:35
2712.15:275:35
2812.25:265:36
2912.25:255:37
3012.25:235:38
3112.35:225:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 8.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
35.1Bright
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55.2Bright
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125.5Bright
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215.8Bright
225.9Bright
235.9Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Rukban

In seasonPeak

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

Rukban sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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

Is March a good time to visit Rukban?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rukban in March

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

In March, Rukban sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Rukban 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 Rukban peaks around June 19 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 19UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Rukban 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 Rukban is worst in May — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 35 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 1261 µg/m³Nov 2135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb42Poor
Mar55Poor
Apr59Unhealthy
May61Unhealthy
Jun50Poor
Jul44Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov35Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Rukban?

Rukban sits at 33.3°N, 38.7°E, 200 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Tadmur, 144 km away.

TuraifŢurayf

Topography around Rukban

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rukban has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 754 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 278 m.

The land around Rukban is covered by bare terrain (98%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
278 m
grasslandbare terrain
March weather nearby: Tadmur 144 km · Ar Ruţbah 150 km · Al Qaryatayn 169 km · Turaif 183 km · Ţurayf 183 km · Jayrūd 190 km · An Nabk 199 km · Al Quţayfah 201 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 Rukban (33.3141°, 38.7034°, elevation 200 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).