Madaoua weather in March

In March, Madaoua sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 39°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 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 Madaoua's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:49 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
36%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Madaoua is urban commune in 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 36°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical March day in Madaoua reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 41°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 Madaoua

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
3 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.

Madaoua weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°0011.36.6
Feb33° / 18°0011.54.4
Mar38° / 22°00.111.91.6
Apr40° / 26°10.312.30.1
May40° / 28°92.412.60.1
Jun38° / 27°18512.81.3
Jul34° / 25°5611.312.72.8
Aug32° / 24°11314.412.53.4
Sep35° / 25°417.212.12.8
Oct37° / 23°61.911.71.9
Nov35° / 19°0011.33.4
Dec31° / 16°0011.26.0

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 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28020
37921
47921
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67723
77624
87525
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117327
127228
137228
147129
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247030
257030
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277129
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307129
317228

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Madaoua gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 0% 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 (%)Muggy (%)
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2997210
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3197210

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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815light breeze
914light 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 6:58 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:586:41
211.76:586:41
311.76:576:41
411.76:576:41
511.86:566:41
611.86:556:41
711.86:556:42
811.86:546:42
911.86:536:42
1011.86:536:42
1111.86:526:42
1211.86:516:42
1311.96:516:43
1411.96:506:43
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1711.96:486:43
1811.96:476:43
1911.96:476:43
2012.06:466:43
2112.06:456:43
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2512.06:426:44
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2712.16:416:44
2812.16:406:44
2912.16:396:44
3012.16:396:44
3112.16:386:44

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 7.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 7.03 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
26.7Intense
36.8Intense
46.8Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Madaoua

In seasonPeak

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

Madaoua sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

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

Is March a good time to visit Madaoua?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Madaoua.

What to pack for Madaoua in March

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

In March, Madaoua sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madaoua in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madaoua peaks around August 16 at about 12 (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 highAug 16UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Madaoua 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 Madaoua is worst in February — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1397 µg/m³Aug 1820 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul27Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Madaoua?

Madaoua sits at 14.1°N, 6.0°E, 328 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Illela, 81 km away.

DakoroGwadabawaTahouaTibiri

Topography around Madaoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 322 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Madaoua is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
401 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Illela 81 km · Birni N Konni 83 km · Illéla 88 km · Guidan Roumdji 92 km · Dakoro 99 km · Gwadabawa 111 km · Tahoua 117 km · Tibiri 131 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 Madaoua (14.073°, 5.96°, elevation 328 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).