As Salamīyah weather in March

In March, As Salamīyah sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 24 mm of rain across 6 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 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 Salamīyah's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Salamīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 24 mm; 6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:50 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

As Salamīyah is city.

Founded: ~3499 BCE

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in As Salamīyah reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°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 26°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

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

How March really feels in As Salamīyah

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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 Salamīyah 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 5°	30	7.1	9.9	4.2
Feb	15° / 6°	28	6.1	10.7	5.1
Mar	19° / 9°	24	6	11.7	7.0
Apr	24° / 12°	13	3.2	12.9	8.2
May	29° / 16°	12	2.3	13.8	6.8
Jun	33° / 20°	1	0.3	14.3	4.8
Jul	35° / 22°	0	0	14.1	3.5
Aug	35° / 22°	1	0.3	13.3	3.2
Sep	33° / 20°	1	0.5	12.2	4.8
Oct	28° / 16°	11	2.8	11.1	7.3
Nov	21° / 10°	17	4.1	10.2	7.7
Dec	15° / 6°	26	5.7	9.7	5.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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 (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

As Salamīyah gets around 24 mm of rain over 6 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 19% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17

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

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 15 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 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 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 5:20 PM to 5:46 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28
Sunset (PM)	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:10	5:20
2	11.2	6:09	5:21
3	11.2	6:07	5:22
4	11.3	6:06	5:23
5	11.3	6:05	5:24
6	11.4	6:03	5:25
7	11.4	6:02	5:26
8	11.4	6:01	5:26
9	11.5	5:59	5:27
10	11.5	5:58	5:28
11	11.5	5:57	5:29
12	11.6	5:55	5:30
13	11.6	5:54	5:31
14	11.7	5:52	5:32
15	11.7	5:51	5:32
16	11.7	5:50	5:33
17	11.8	5:48	5:34
18	11.8	5:47	5:35
19	11.8	5:45	5:36
20	11.9	5:44	5:37
21	11.9	5:42	5:37
22	12.0	5:41	5:38
23	12.0	5:40	5:39
24	12.0	5:38	5:40
25	12.1	5:37	5:41
26	12.1	5:35	5:41
27	12.1	5:34	5:42
28	12.2	5:32	5:43
29	12.2	5:31	5:44
30	12.3	5:29	5:45
31	12.3	5:28	5:46

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.11 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)	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.4	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit As Salamīyah?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit As Salamīyah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for As Salamīyah in March

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

In March, As Salamīyah 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 Salamīyah 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 Salamīyah peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	4	7	8	11	10	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in As Salamīyah 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 Salamīyah is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 24 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)	47	54	53	48	38	29	24	25	33	43	50	51
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	53	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is As Salamīyah?

As Salamīyah sits at 35.0°N, 37.1°E, 461 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ḩamāh, 30 km away.

Topography around As Salamīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Salamīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 457 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,243 m.

The land around As Salamīyah is covered by cropland (54%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

cropland 54%

16 km

352 m

cropland 64%

80 km

1,243 m

grassland 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Ḩamāh 30 km · Ar Rastan 31 km · Tallbīsah 35 km · Şūrān 42 km · Ţayyibat al Imām 42 km · Homs 44 km · Ḩalfāyā 49 km · Maharda 51 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

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 Salamīyah (35.0113°, 37.0532°, elevation 461 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	18	8
2	18	8
3	18	8
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	18	8
7	18	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	21	10
28	21	10
29	21	10
30	21	10
31	21	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	69	31
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	70	30

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

	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