Mbera weather in March

In March, Mbera sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Mbera's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mbera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:36 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
28%
1st clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Mbera is UNHCR refugee camp in Mauritania.

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 34°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical March day in Mbera reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Mbera

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Mbera weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 15°10.211.26.8
Feb32° / 18°00.111.54.9
Mar36° / 21°00.211.92.5
Apr40° / 25°10.312.30.4
May41° / 28°51.212.70.0
Jun40° / 28°113.112.90.1
Jul37° / 27°539.212.81.7
Aug34° / 25°9712.612.52.8
Sep36° / 25°347.212.12.0
Oct38° / 25°81.611.61.5
Nov35° / 20°10.111.33.4
Dec31° / 16°0011.15.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28317
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Mbera gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29811
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Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:466:26
211.76:466:27
311.76:456:27
411.76:456:27
511.76:446:27
611.76:436:28
711.86:436:28
811.86:426:28
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1011.86:406:28
1111.86:406:29
1211.86:396:29
1311.86:386:29
1411.96:386:29
1511.96:376:29
1611.96:366:30
1711.96:356:30
1811.96:356:30
1911.96:346:30
2012.06:336:30
2112.06:326:30
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3012.16:256:32
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Mbera

In seasonPeak

In March, Mbera sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mbera sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

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

Is March a good time to visit Mbera?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mbera. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mbera in March

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

In March, Mbera sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mbera in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mbera peaks around March 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 21UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Mbera 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 Mbera is worst in February — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 884 µg/m³Aug 2221 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb84Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May58Unhealthy
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul34Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct49Poor
Nov51Poor
Dec77Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Mbera?

Mbera sits at 15.9°N, 5.8°W, 295 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Bougadoum, 169 km away.

BougadoumNaraNémaNionoMoninnpébougouSiribala Coro

Topography around Mbera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mbera has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 278 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m.

The land around Mbera is covered by grassland (48%) and bare terrain (48%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
82 m
80 km
131 m
shrubsgrasslandbare terrain
March weather nearby: Bougadoum 169 km · Nara 178 km · Néma 178 km · Niono 180 km · Moninnpébougou 192 km · Siribala Coro 204 km · Ké-Macina 215 km · Dougabougou 229 km

Mauritania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,198
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
25.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 100%

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 Mbera (15.8561°, -5.7907°, elevation 295 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).