Jawhar weather in March

In March, Jawhar sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in March, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Jawhar's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jawhar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:08 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
32%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Jawhar is capital city of Hirshabelle state of Somalia.

Density
1,883/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical March day in Jawhar reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and about 2°C warmer than April.

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

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
19 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.

Jawhar weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°81.211.93.6
Feb36° / 23°20.311.92.9
Mar36° / 24°112.1122.6
Apr34° / 25°8013.112.12.6
May32° / 24°7013.612.13.7
Jun31° / 24°112.612.25.0
Jul31° / 23°91.712.15.5
Aug31° / 23°71.812.15.3
Sep32° / 23°112.6124.7
Oct32° / 24°8912.511.93.7
Nov32° / 23°9314.111.93.8
Dec33° / 23°294.811.84.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Jawhar gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
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62
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the muggy band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
112459160
212360160
312260170
412160180
512061180
611961190
711861200
811761210
911661220
1001562230
1101462240
1201361260
1301162270
1401061290
150960310
160958330
170858340
180757360
190656380
200655390
210555400
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230453430
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260351451
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Wind in March

Winds average 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:136:10
211.96:136:09
311.96:126:09
412.06:126:09
512.06:126:09
612.06:126:09
712.06:116:09
812.06:116:09
912.06:116:08
1012.06:106:08
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1312.06:096:08
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2912.06:036:04
3012.06:036:04
3112.06:026:04

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 6.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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266.6Intense
276.5Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Jawhar?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Jawhar in March

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

In March, Jawhar sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Jawhar in March

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 61 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec27Warm

UV index in Jawhar in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jawhar peaks around March 24 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 24UV 15Jun 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Jawhar?

Jawhar sits at 2.8°N, 45.5°E, 108 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Wanlaweyn, 70 km away.

BuulobardeMarkaQoryooleyBuurhakabaBaidoa

Topography around Jawhar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jawhar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 103 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m.

The land around Jawhar is covered by cropland (38%), shrubs (23%) and wetland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (57%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
26 m
80 km
285 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Wanlaweyn 70 km · Afgooye 83 km · Mogadishu 85 km · Buulobarde 120 km · Marka 143 km · Qoryooley 154 km · Buurhakaba 158 km · Baidoa 209 km

Somalia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / G
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$661
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
27.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 399
Religion
Muslim 100%ethnic religionist 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 Jawhar (2.7809°, 45.5005°, elevation 108 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).