Zinder weather in March

In March, Zinder sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 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 35°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 Zinder's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zinder's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:37 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
35%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Zinder is city in Niger.

Founded
1736

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 35°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical March day in Zinder reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°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 Zinder

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.

Zinder 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
Jan29° / 14°0011.37.2
Feb33° / 16°0011.55.0
Mar37° / 21°0011.92.2
Apr40° / 24°10.312.30.3
May40° / 26°61.712.60.2
Jun38° / 26°164.512.81.3
Jul34° / 25°681312.72.7
Aug32° / 24°1331612.53.4
Sep35° / 24°396.512.12.9
Oct37° / 22°4111.72.1
Nov34° / 18°0011.43.9
Dec30° / 14°0011.26.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% 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 25%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Zinder gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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29991
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31991

Wind in March

Winds average 15 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
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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 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:466:29
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411.76:446:29
511.86:446:29
611.86:436:30
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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 7.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 7.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Zinder

In seasonPeak

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

Zinder 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 Zinder?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zinder.

What to pack for Zinder in March

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

In March, Zinder sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zinder in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zinder peaks around August 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 12UV 12Dec 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zinder 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 Zinder is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 13102 µg/m³Aug 1627 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan98Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar96Unhealthy
Apr81Unhealthy
May63Unhealthy
Jun54Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep35Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec91Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Zinder?

Zinder sits at 13.8°N, 9.0°E, 460 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Mirriah, 21 km away.

TessaouaDauraGazaouaTanoutAguié

Topography around Zinder

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zinder has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 456 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m.

The land around Zinder is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
118 m
80 km
280 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Mirriah 21 km · Matamey 70 km · Magaria 90 km · Tessaoua 108 km · Daura 112 km · Gazaoua 120 km · Tanout 130 km · Aguié 135 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 Zinder (13.8072°, 8.9881°, elevation 460 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).