Ad Dānā weather in March

In March, Ad Dānā sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Ad Dānā's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Dānā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:51 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover
47%
9th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Ad Dānā is city in Idlib, Syria.

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ad Dānā reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1177
2177
3177
4177
5177
6177
7177
8187
9187
10187
11187
12187
13187
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15187
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28209
29209
30209
31209

How March really feels in Ad Dānā

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ad Dānā weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 6710.50.59.83.3
Feb14° / 569.10.410.64.3
Mar18° / 458.10.111.76.4
Apr23° / 11°276.2012.97.6
May29° / 15°193.6013.96.9
Jun33° / 19°30.8014.44.6
Jul36° / 22°10.1014.23.1
Aug36° / 22°10.1013.42.9
Sep33° / 19°41.1012.24.6
Oct28° / 15°224.4011.17.0
Nov20° / 386.2010.17.2
Dec14° / 669.30.29.64.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26040
36040
45941
55941
65941
75941
86040
96040
106040
116040
126139
136139
146139
156337
166337
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216634
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316436

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ad Dānā gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
127
226
325
425
525
624
725
825
925
1026
1126
1227
1327
1428
1528
1628
1729
1829
1929
2029
2129
2229
2329
2429
2528
2628
2728
2827
2927
3027
3126

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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
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31991

Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:47 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:125:20
211.26:115:21
311.26:095:22
411.26:085:23
511.36:075:24
611.36:055:25
711.46:045:26
811.46:035:27
911.46:015:28
1011.56:005:29
1111.55:585:30
1211.65:575:30
1311.65:555:31
1411.65:545:32
1511.75:535:33
1611.75:515:34
1711.85:505:35
1811.85:485:36
1911.85:475:37
2011.95:455:38
2111.95:445:38
2212.05:425:39
2312.05:415:40
2412.05:395:41
2512.15:385:42
2612.15:365:43
2712.15:355:44
2812.25:335:44
2912.25:325:45
3012.35:305:46
3112.35:295:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Bright
24.0Bright
34.1Bright
44.1Bright
54.2Bright
64.2Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.4Bright
104.4Bright
114.5Bright
124.5Bright
134.6Bright
144.6Bright
154.7Bright
164.7Bright
174.8Bright
184.8Bright
194.8Bright
204.9Bright
214.9Bright
225.0Bright
235.0Bright
245.0Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Ad Dānā?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Ad Dānā for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ad Dānā in March

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

In March, Ad Dānā sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ad Dānā in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad Dānā peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Ad Dānā 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 Ad Dānā is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1446 µg/m³Jul 2020 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr42Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct35Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ad Dānā?

Ad Dānā sits at 36.2°N, 36.8°E, 400 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Batabo, 9.0 km away.

Idlib

Topography around Ad Dānā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Dānā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,194 m.

The land around Ad Dānā is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
729 m
80 km
2,194 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Batabo 9.0 km · Reyhanlı 19 km · Ma‘arratmişrīn 24 km · Kafr Takhārīm 25 km · Nubl 27 km · Binnish 29 km · Salqīn 30 km · Idlib 34 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2022
GDP per capita
$1,057
2022
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 87%Christian 10%Druze 3%

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 Ad Dānā (36.2125°, 36.77°, elevation 400 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).