As Safīrah weather in March

In March, As Safīrah sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 6.3 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 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 As Safīrah's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Safīrah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
30 mm
6.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:49 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover
46%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

As Safīrah is district city of Aleppo, 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 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in As Safīrah reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1177
2178
3178
4178
5188
6188
7188
8188
9188
10188
11188
12188
13188
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How March really feels in As Safīrah

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.

As Safīrah 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 449.39.83.4
Feb14° / 367.410.64.5
Mar19° / 306.311.76.8
Apr24° / 12°194.812.97.9
May30° / 17°142.613.96.2
Jun35° / 21°30.814.43.7
Jul37° / 23°00.114.22.1
Aug37° / 23°10.213.42.1
Sep34° / 21°20.712.24.1
Oct28° / 16°13311.17.1
Nov20° / 10°254.610.17.3
Dec14° / 437.59.64.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76337
86337
96337
106337
116337
126436
136436
146535
156535
166733
176733
186733
196733
206733
216832
226733
236733
246634
256634
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306634
316634

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

As Safīrah gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 6.3 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 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
121
220
320
419
519
619
719
819
919
1019
1120
1220
1321
1421
1521
1622
1722
1823
1923
2023
2123
2223
2323
2423
2523
2623
2722
2822
2922
3021
3121

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
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8100
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24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 13 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1313light breeze
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2113light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

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 6:10 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:105:18
211.26:085:19
311.26:075:20
411.36:065:21
511.36:045:22
611.36:035:23
711.46:015:24
811.46:005:24
911.45:595:25
1011.55:575:26
1111.55:565:27
1211.65:545:28
1311.65:535:29
1411.65:525:30
1511.75:505:31
1611.75:495:32
1711.85:475:33
1811.85:465:33
1911.85:445:34
2011.95:435:35
2111.95:415:36
2212.05:405:37
2312.05:385:38
2412.05:375:39
2512.15:355:39
2612.15:345:40
2712.15:325:41
2812.25:315:42
2912.25:295:43
3012.35:285:44
3112.35:265:45

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.2Bright
34.3Bright
44.3Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.5Bright
104.6Bright
114.6Bright
124.7Bright
134.7Bright
144.8Bright
154.8Bright
164.9Bright
174.9Bright
185.0Bright
195.0Bright
205.1Bright
215.1Bright
225.2Bright
235.2Bright
245.2Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.4Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit As Safīrah?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit As Safīrah for sightseeing.

What to pack for As Safīrah in March

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

In March, As Safīrah sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in As Safīrah 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 As Safīrah peaks around June 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in As Safīrah 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 As Safīrah is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1840 µg/m³Jul 2024 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr38Poor
May34Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is As Safīrah?

As Safīrah sits at 36.1°N, 37.4°E, 337 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Aleppo, 23 km away.

Al BābKabbasinNublTall Rif‘atAd Dānā

Topography around As Safīrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Safīrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m around an average of 347 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 926 m.

The land around As Safīrah is covered by cropland (58%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
190 m
16 km
284 m
80 km
926 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Aleppo 23 km · Dayr Ḩāfir 31 km · Tādif 33 km · Al Bāb 35 km · Kabbasin 43 km · Nubl 48 km · Tall Rif‘at 51 km · Ad Dānā 56 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 As Safīrah (36.077°, 37.3725°, elevation 337 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).