Dongola weather in March

In March, Dongola sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Dongola's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dongola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 7:12 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 7th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 7.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Dongola is capital of the state of Northern in 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 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical March day in Dongola reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35
Avg low (°C)	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

How March really feels in Dongola

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 24 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.

Dongola weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 12°	0	0	11	9.2
Feb	28° / 14°	0	0	11.3	8.0
Mar	33° / 18°	0	0	11.9	5.0
Apr	38° / 22°	0	0	12.4	1.7
May	41° / 26°	0	0.1	12.9	0.0
Jun	42° / 28°	0	0	13.1	0.0
Jul	42° / 28°	2	0.5	13	0.0
Aug	42° / 29°	2	0.8	12.7	0.0
Sep	41° / 28°	0	0.1	12.1	0.0
Oct	38° / 25°	0	0.1	11.6	1.6
Nov	31° / 18°	0	0	11.1	6.0
Dec	27° / 14°	0	0	10.9	8.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%.

	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 (%)	94	94	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95
Cloudier (%)	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Dongola 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 100% 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 19 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	20	light breeze
13	20	light breeze
14	20	light breeze
15	20	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 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 30 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:24 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 6:59 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	7:00	6:59
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:24	6:59
2	11.6	7:23	6:59
3	11.6	7:22	7:00
4	11.6	7:21	7:00
5	11.7	7:21	7:00
6	11.7	7:20	7:01
7	11.7	7:19	7:01
8	11.7	7:18	7:01
9	11.7	7:18	7:02
10	11.8	7:17	7:02
11	11.8	7:16	7:02
12	11.8	7:15	7:03
13	11.8	7:14	7:03
14	11.8	7:13	7:03
15	11.8	7:13	7:03
16	11.9	7:12	7:04
17	11.9	7:11	7:04
18	11.9	7:10	7:04
19	11.9	7:09	7:04
20	11.9	7:08	7:05
21	12.0	7:08	7:05
22	12.0	7:07	7:05
23	12.0	7:06	7:05
24	12.0	7:05	7:06
25	12.0	7:04	7:06
26	12.1	7:03	7:06
27	12.1	7:02	7:06
28	12.1	7:01	7:07
29	12.1	7:00	7:07
30	12.1	7:00	7:07
31	12.1	6:59	7:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 7.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 7.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5
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	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.8	Intense
6	6.8	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	6.9	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.0	Intense
14	7.0	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.1	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.2	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.3	Intense
24	7.3	Intense
25	7.4	Intense
26	7.4	Intense
27	7.4	Intense
28	7.4	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.5	Intense
31	7.5	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Dongola

In seasonPeak

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

Dongola sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Dongola?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Dongola for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dongola in March

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

In March, Dongola sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Dongola 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 Dongola peaks around May 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (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)	8	10	11	12	12	12	10	10	11	9	7	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Dongola 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 Dongola is worst in March — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 43 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)	70	71	82	72	71	69	43	50	70	76	59	66
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	70	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	82	Unhealthy
Apr	72	Unhealthy
May	71	Unhealthy
Jun	69	Unhealthy
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	50	Poor
Sep	70	Unhealthy
Oct	76	Unhealthy
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	66	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Dongola?

Dongola sits at 19.2°N, 30.5°E, 226 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Kuraymah, 161 km away.

Topography around Dongola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dongola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Dongola is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), cropland (24%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (70%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (95%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

36 m

bare terrain 70%

80 km

270 m

bare terrain 95%

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

March weather nearby: Kuraymah 161 km · Abu Simbel 371 km · El Bauga 376 km · Berber 391 km · Atbara 405 km · Ad-Damir 409 km · Shendi 418 km · Omdurman 447 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 Dongola (19.1816°, 30.4769°, elevation 226 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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	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	31	16
2	31	16
3	31	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	32	17
11	32	18
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	18
20	33	18
21	33	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	34	18
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	35	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	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