Umm Shawkah weather in March

In March, Umm Shawkah sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 Umm Shawkah's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Umm Shawkah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:57 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
23%
5th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical March day in Umm Shawkah reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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

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
15 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.

Umm Shawkah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°0011.34.2
Feb36° / 22°0011.62.7
Mar39° / 24°10.211.90.7
Apr41° / 27°20.912.30.0
May40° / 28°205.112.60.1
Jun38° / 27°318.712.81.1
Jul35° / 25°7515.212.72.4
Aug33° / 24°9916.112.43.1
Sep35° / 24°4810.512.12.7
Oct37° / 25°246.811.71.8
Nov37° / 24°10.211.42.0
Dec35° / 21°0011.23.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% 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 12%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Umm Shawkah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 1% 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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
199100
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Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light 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 7:07 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.77:076:50
211.77:066:50
311.77:056:50
411.87:056:50
511.87:046:50
611.87:046:51
711.87:036:51
811.87:026:51
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1311.96:596:52
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1811.96:566:52
1911.96:556:52
2012.06:556:52
2112.06:546:52
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2612.06:506:53
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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 7.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.37 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 7.1 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Umm Shawkah

In seasonPeak

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

Umm Shawkah sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Mar
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Is March a good time to visit Umm Shawkah?

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

0.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Umm Shawkah.

What to pack for Umm Shawkah in March

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

In March, Umm Shawkah sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Umm Shawkah in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Umm Shawkah peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Umm Shawkah 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 Umm Shawkah is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1841 µg/m³Aug 1518 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr38Poor
May25Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Umm Shawkah?

Umm Shawkah sits at 13.3°N, 33.8°E, 431 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is As Sūkī, 13 km away.

Kināna

Topography around Umm Shawkah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Umm Shawkah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 426 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 273 m.

The land around Umm Shawkah is covered by cropland (37%) and water (26%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
26 m
80 km
273 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: As Sūkī 13 km · Maiurno 16 km · Singa 26 km · Ad-Dindar 35 km · Sennar 35 km · Al Ḩawātah 94 km · Al-Fāw 95 km · Kināna 103 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 Umm Shawkah (13.3167°, 33.7667°, elevation 431 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).