Safi weather in March

In March, Safi sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.4 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 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 Safi's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Safi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
9th warmest
Overnight low
13°
4th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:55 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover
31%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.5
out of 10

Safi is human settlement in Jordan.

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 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical March day in Safi reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Safi

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.

Safi 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
Jan17° / 193.910.26.8
Feb19° / 10°143.410.97.4
Mar22° / 13°112.411.88.5
Apr27° / 16°30.712.78.3
May32° / 20°10.213.65.8
Jun34° / 22°00144.0
Jul36° / 24°0013.83.0
Aug36° / 24°0013.13.0
Sep34° / 23°0012.24.6
Oct30° / 20°20.511.26.9
Nov24° / 15°41.110.48.8
Dec19° / 10°82.1107.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Safi gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.4 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 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
110
29
39
49
58
68
78
88
98
108
118
128
138
148
158
168
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189
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218
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305
315

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 (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
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Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
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317calm

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 6:13 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.36:135:30
211.36:125:31
311.46:105:32
411.46:095:32
511.46:085:33
611.46:075:34
711.56:065:34
811.56:055:35
911.56:035:36
1011.66:025:37
1111.66:015:37
1211.66:005:38
1311.75:595:39
1411.75:575:39
1511.75:565:40
1611.85:555:41
1711.85:545:41
1811.85:525:42
1911.95:515:43
2011.95:505:43
2111.95:485:44
2212.05:475:45
2312.05:465:45
2412.05:455:46
2512.15:435:47
2612.15:425:47
2712.15:415:48
2812.25:395:49
2912.25:385:49
3012.25:375:50
3112.35:365:51

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.18 kWh/m² to a high of 8.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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95.3Bright
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115.4Bright
125.4Bright
135.5Bright
145.5Bright
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165.6Bright
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215.8Bright
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245.9Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Safi

In seasonPeak

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

Safi sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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

Is March a good time to visit Safi?

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

8.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Safi for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Safi in March

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

In March, Safi sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Safi 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 Safi peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr7Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Safi 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 Safi 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorDec 2147 µg/m³Jul 2028 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr44Poor
May41Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov44Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Safi?

Safi sits at 31.0°N, 35.5°E, -366 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is ‘Izrā, 26 km away.

KerakKarak CityAs Samū‘YaţţāBanī Na‘īmAz̧ Z̧āhirīyah

Topography around Safi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Safi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of -368 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,638 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,157 m.

The land around Safi is covered by cropland (49%) and bare terrain (33%) within 3 km, bare terrain (67%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
1,638 m
80 km
2,157 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: ‘Izrā 26 km · Aţ Ţafīlah 26 km · Kerak 28 km · Karak City 32 km · As Samū‘ 55 km · Yaţţā 58 km · Banī Na‘īm 61 km · Az̧ Z̧āhirīyah 63 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 Safi (31.0361°, 35.4654°, elevation -366 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).