Khashm al Qirbah weather in March

In March, Khashm al Qirbah sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% 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 Khashm al Qirbah's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khashm al Qirbah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:49 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
16%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Khashm al Qirbah is human settlement in Sudan.

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 37°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical March day in Khashm al Qirbah reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Khashm al Qirbah

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
6 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.

Khashm al Qirbah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°0011.24.2
Feb36° / 20°0011.52.9
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.1
Apr41° / 26°10.412.30.0
May41° / 28°72.312.70.0
Jun39° / 28°184.412.90.4
Jul35° / 25°8415.112.82.0
Aug33° / 24°10416.412.52.9
Sep36° / 25°357.512.12.2
Oct38° / 26°61.611.71.3
Nov37° / 24°10.211.31.9
Dec35° / 21°0011.13.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2928
3928
4937
5937
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7937
8946
9946
10946
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12955
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28928
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Khashm al Qirbah 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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
187121
287121
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488111
588111
689101
789101
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109091
119091
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189181
199271
209271
219271
229271
239361
249361
259361
269361
279361
289460
299370
309370
319370

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
214light 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 6:59 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:596:40
211.76:586:40
311.76:586:41
411.76:576:41
511.76:576:41
611.86:566:41
711.86:556:41
811.86:556:42
911.86:546:42
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1311.96:516:42
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1911.96:476:43
2012.06:466:43
2112.06:456:44
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2512.06:426:44
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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 7.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.52 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 7.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Khashm al Qirbah

In seasonPeak

None of Khashm al Qirbah's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Khashm al Qirbah sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in June.

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Is March a good time to visit Khashm al Qirbah?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khashm al Qirbah.

What to pack for Khashm al Qirbah in March

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

In March, Khashm al Qirbah sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 10UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Khashm al Qirbah 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 Khashm al Qirbah is worst in March — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1931 µg/m³Oct 2217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khashm al Qirbah?

Khashm al Qirbah sits at 15.0°N, 35.9°E, 458 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is New Halfa, 53 km away.

HimoraAl QadarifMay CaderaAdebayeAbala

Topography around Khashm al Qirbah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khashm al Qirbah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 455 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 765 m.

The land around Khashm al Qirbah is covered by bare terrain (54%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and bare terrain (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
81 m
80 km
765 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: New Halfa 53 km · Al-Fashaqah 64 km · Kassala 75 km · Himora 105 km · Al Qadarif 118 km · May Cadera 122 km · Adebaye 124 km · Abala 142 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 Khashm al Qirbah (14.9667°, 35.9167°, elevation 458 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).