Wanlaweyn weather in March

In March, Wanlaweyn sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 Wanlaweyn's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wanlaweyn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:11 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
34%
3rd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Wanlaweyn is human settlement.

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 37°C through the month.

A typical March day in Wanlaweyn reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°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 38°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 Wanlaweyn

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
31 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.

Wanlaweyn weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 23°61.211.93.0
Feb36° / 24°10.311.92.4
Mar37° / 25°122.2122.1
Apr35° / 25°7812.712.12.5
May32° / 25°6713.612.13.5
Jun32° / 24°123.312.14.7
Jul31° / 23°112.312.15.2
Aug31° / 23°82.212.15.0
Sep32° / 23°133.1124.5
Oct33° / 24°8411.711.93.6
Nov32° / 24°8913.911.93.6
Dec34° / 23°264.611.93.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28812
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58812
68713
78713
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98713
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Wanlaweyn gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
11
22
32
42
52
62
73
83
93
103
114
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177
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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 (%)
122757140
222657150
322459150
422359160
522259170
622160170
721961180
811862190
911762200
1011563210
1111462230
1211362240
1311261260
1401062280
150962290
160861310
170859330
180758350
190657370
200556390
210555400
220454420
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270250471
280249482
290148492
300148492
310147502

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
216light breeze
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516light 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 6:15 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:156:12
211.96:156:12
312.06:156:12
412.06:146:12
512.06:146:12
612.06:146:11
712.06:146:11
812.06:136:11
912.06:136:11
1012.06:136:11
1112.06:126:11
1212.06:126:10
1312.06:126:10
1412.06:116:10
1512.06:116:10
1612.06:116:10
1712.06:106:09
1812.06:106:09
1912.06:106:09
2012.06:096:09
2112.06:096:08
2212.06:086:08
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2512.06:076:07
2612.06:076:07
2712.06:066:07
2812.06:066:07
2912.06:066:06
3012.06:056:06
3112.06:056:06

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in February across the year — March's 6.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.0Intense
87.0Intense
97.0Intense
107.0Intense
117.0Intense
126.9Intense
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196.8Intense
206.7Intense
216.7Intense
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246.6Intense
256.6Intense
266.6Intense
276.6Intense
286.5Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Wanlaweyn?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wanlaweyn.

What to pack for Wanlaweyn in March

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

In March, Wanlaweyn sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Wanlaweyn 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 Wanlaweyn peaks around March 22 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 22UV 15Jun 22UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Wanlaweyn 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 Wanlaweyn is worst in November — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 2215 µg/m³Sep 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct10Good
Nov16Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Wanlaweyn?

Wanlaweyn sits at 2.6°N, 44.9°E, 93 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Afgooye, 59 km away.

BuurhakabaQoryooleyMarkaBaidoaBuulobarde

Topography around Wanlaweyn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wanlaweyn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 89 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m.

The land around Wanlaweyn is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (67%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
6 m
16 km
12 m
80 km
542 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
March weather nearby: Afgooye 59 km · Jawhar 70 km · Mogadishu 82 km · Buurhakaba 93 km · Qoryooley 101 km · Marka 101 km · Baidoa 149 km · Buulobarde 156 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 Wanlaweyn (2.6185°, 44.8938°, elevation 93 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).