Baléyara weather in March

In March, Baléyara sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 40°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 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 Baléyara's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baléyara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
7:01 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
37%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Baléyara is town in Tillaberi Region, Niger.

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 37°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical March day in Baléyara reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Baléyara

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
8 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Baléyara weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°0011.35.8
Feb34° / 20°0011.53.7
Mar38° / 23°10.211.91.2
Apr41° / 27°20.512.30.0
May40° / 29°71.712.60.2
Jun38° / 28°184.312.81.5
Jul34° / 26°538.912.72.9
Aug33° / 25°12013.312.53.4
Sep35° / 25°365.712.13.0
Oct37° / 25°71.711.71.7
Nov36° / 20°0011.42.8
Dec32° / 18°0011.25.1

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 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
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127327
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Baléyara gets around 1 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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198011
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light 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 7:10 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.77:106:53
211.77:106:53
311.77:096:53
411.77:086:53
511.87:086:54
611.87:076:54
711.87:076:54
811.87:066:54
911.87:056:54
1011.87:056:54
1111.87:046:54
1211.97:036:55
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1911.96:596:55
2012.06:586:55
2112.06:576:55
2212.06:576:56
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2712.06:536:56
2812.16:526:56
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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 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Baléyara

In seasonPeak

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

Baléyara sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in April.

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

Is March a good time to visit Baléyara?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baléyara.

What to pack for Baléyara in March

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

In March, Baléyara sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baléyara 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 Baléyara peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Baléyara 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 Baléyara is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1888 µg/m³Aug 1518 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb89Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr65Unhealthy
May42Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct40Poor
Nov49Poor
Dec70Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Baléyara?

Baléyara sits at 13.8°N, 3.0°E, 211 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Filingué, 74 km away.

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Topography around Baléyara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baléyara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 205 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m.

The land around Baléyara is covered by grassland (72%) within 3 km, grassland (80%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
76 m
80 km
129 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Filingué 74 km · Birnin Gaouré 78 km · Kollo 85 km · Dosso 86 km · Youri Kourtéré 91 km · Niamey 96 km · Say 99 km · Dogondoutchi 117 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$775
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
25.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%ethnic religionist 4%Christian 0%agnostics and other 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 Baléyara (13.7838°, 2.9523°, elevation 211 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).