Bārah weather in March

In March, Bārah sees average daytime highs of 35°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 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% 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 Bārah's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bārah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 35°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 7:11 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 4th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 7.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Bārah is city of the state of North Kordofan, Sudan.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bārah reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	20
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	35	21
17	35	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	21
24	35	21
25	36	21
26	36	21
27	36	21
28	36	21
29	36	21
30	36	22
31	36	22

How March really feels in Bārah

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bārah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 15°	0	0	11.3	7.7
Feb	31° / 17°	0	0	11.5	5.9
Mar	35° / 21°	0	0	11.9	3.5
Apr	38° / 24°	0	0.1	12.3	1.3
May	39° / 26°	7	2.3	12.6	0.5
Jun	38° / 27°	13	3.5	12.8	1.1
Jul	35° / 25°	45	10.4	12.7	2.4
Aug	34° / 25°	53	11.6	12.5	3.0
Sep	36° / 25°	25	6.5	12.1	2.4
Oct	37° / 25°	6	1.3	11.7	2.2
Nov	33° / 20°	0	0	11.4	4.7
Dec	29° / 16°	0	0	11.2	7.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	91	90	90	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Bārah 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

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 7:20 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00
Sunset (PM)	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	7:20	7:03
2	11.7	7:20	7:03
3	11.7	7:19	7:04
4	11.8	7:19	7:04
5	11.8	7:18	7:04
6	11.8	7:17	7:04
7	11.8	7:17	7:04
8	11.8	7:16	7:04
9	11.8	7:16	7:05
10	11.8	7:15	7:05
11	11.8	7:14	7:05
12	11.9	7:14	7:05
13	11.9	7:13	7:05
14	11.9	7:12	7:05
15	11.9	7:12	7:05
16	11.9	7:11	7:05
17	11.9	7:10	7:05
18	11.9	7:10	7:06
19	11.9	7:09	7:06
20	12.0	7:08	7:06
21	12.0	7:08	7:06
22	12.0	7:07	7:06
23	12.0	7:06	7:06
24	12.0	7:05	7:06
25	12.0	7:05	7:06
26	12.0	7:04	7:06
27	12.0	7:03	7:06
28	12.1	7:03	7:06
29	12.1	7:02	7:06
30	12.1	7:01	7:06
31	12.1	7:00	7:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 7.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 7.3 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.0	Intense
5	7.0	Intense
6	7.1	Intense
7	7.1	Intense
8	7.1	Intense
9	7.1	Intense
10	7.2	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.2	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.4	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense
31	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Bārah

In seasonPeak

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

Bārah sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Bārah?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bārah in March

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

In March, Bārah sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Bārah 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 Bārah peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	13	11	12	9	13	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Bārah 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 Bārah is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	47	49	58	46	36	25	19	14	16	30	30	41
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	46	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bārah?

Bārah sits at 13.7°N, 30.4°E, 478 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is El Obeid, 60 km away.

Topography around Bārah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bārah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 485 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m.

The land around Bārah is covered by grassland (45%) and bare terrain (45%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

27 m

grassland 45%

16 km

65 m

grassland 69%

80 km

338 m

grassland 78%

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← February Bārah year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: El Obeid 60 km · Ar Rahad 114 km · Umm Ruwaba 127 km · Tandaltī 179 km · Abū Zabad 193 km · Dilling 199 km · Ad Douiem 213 km · Al-Quṭaynah 235 km

Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / F / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 215% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,165; 2025
Happiness: 4.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate: 5.1; per 100k, 2008
Road deaths: 26.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 421

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 Bārah (13.7°, 30.3667°, elevation 478 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	20
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	35	21
17	35	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	21
24	35	21
25	36	21
26	36	21
27	36	21
28	36	21
29	36	21
30	36	22
31	36	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	20
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	35	21
17	35	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	21
24	35	21
25	36	21
26	36	21
27	36	21
28	36	21
29	36	21
30	36	22
31	36	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	19
2	33	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	34	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	20
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	35	21
17	35	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	35	21
24	35	21
25	36	21
26	36	21
27	36	21
28	36	21
29	36	21
30	36	22
31	36	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100