As-Suwayda weather in March

In March, As-Suwayda sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 7.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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-Suwayda's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As-Suwayda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 35 mm; 7.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:51 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

As-Suwayda is city in Syria.

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 16°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical March day in As-Suwayda reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°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)	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How March really feels in As-Suwayda

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-Suwayda weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 3°	46	8.5	0.9	10.1	3.5
Feb	13° / 4°	44	8.6	1	10.8	4.1
Mar	17° / 6°	35	7.1	0.2	11.8	6.0
Apr	22° / 9°	16	4.3	0	12.8	7.9
May	27° / 13°	8	2	0	13.7	8.4
Jun	30° / 16°	1	0.3	0	14.1	6.9
Jul	32° / 18°	2	0.5	0	13.9	5.7
Aug	32° / 18°	1	0.4	0	13.2	5.5
Sep	30° / 16°	2	0.8	0	12.2	6.6
Oct	26° / 13°	8	2.2	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	20° / 8°	20	4.4	0	10.3	7.4
Dec	14° / 5°	30	6.2	0.2	9.9	4.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% 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 (%)	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	67	67	68	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	73
Cloudier (%)	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	33	33	32	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

As-Suwayda gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	25	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	21
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	2
2	24	2
3	23	2
4	22	2
5	22	1
6	22	1
7	21	1
8	21	1
9	22	0
10	22	0
11	22	0
12	22	0
13	23	0
14	23	0
15	23	0
16	24	0
17	24	0
18	25	0
19	25	0
20	25	1
21	25	1
22	25	1
23	25	1
24	25	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	23	1
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	22	0
31	21	0

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 12 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

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.

	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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	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 5:31 AM, and sunset from 5:24 PM to 5:47 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	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31
Sunset (PM)	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:10	5:24
2	11.3	6:09	5:25
3	11.3	6:07	5:26
4	11.3	6:06	5:27
5	11.4	6:05	5:27
6	11.4	6:04	5:28
7	11.4	6:02	5:29
8	11.5	6:01	5:30
9	11.5	6:00	5:31
10	11.5	5:59	5:31
11	11.6	5:57	5:32
12	11.6	5:56	5:33
13	11.6	5:55	5:34
14	11.7	5:54	5:34
15	11.7	5:52	5:35
16	11.7	5:51	5:36
17	11.8	5:50	5:37
18	11.8	5:48	5:37
19	11.9	5:47	5:38
20	11.9	5:46	5:39
21	11.9	5:44	5:40
22	12.0	5:43	5:40
23	12.0	5:42	5:41
24	12.0	5:40	5:42
25	12.1	5:39	5:42
26	12.1	5:37	5:43
27	12.1	5:36	5:44
28	12.2	5:35	5:45
29	12.2	5:33	5:45
30	12.2	5:32	5:46
31	12.3	5:31	5:47

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.29 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)	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit As-Suwayda?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit As-Suwayda for sightseeing.

What to pack for As-Suwayda in March

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

In March, As-Suwayda sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in As-Suwayda in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — 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-Suwayda peaks around June 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	7	10	11	11	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in As-Suwayda 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-Suwayda is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 23 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)	28	32	35	38	33	26	23	24	28	30	28	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	35	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is As-Suwayda?

As-Suwayda sits at 32.7°N, 36.6°E, 1,068 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Ḩirāk, 25 km away.

Topography around As-Suwayda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As-Suwayda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m around an average of 1,047 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,099 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,912 m.

The land around As-Suwayda is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), grassland (26%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

316 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

1,099 m

cropland 48%

80 km

1,912 m

bare terrain 46%

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

March weather nearby: Al Ḩirāk 25 km · Shaykh Miskīn 40 km · Dā‘il 41 km · Dar‘ā 45 km · Ţafas 47 km · Mafraq 53 km · Nawá 53 km · Inkhil 54 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-Suwayda (32.709°, 36.5695°, elevation 1,068 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	15	5
2	16	5
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	17	6
16	17	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	18	6
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	7
28	18	7
29	18	7
30	19	7
31	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	2
2	24	2
3	23	2
4	22	2
5	22	1
6	22	1
7	21	1
8	21	1
9	22	0
10	22	0
11	22	0
12	22	0
13	23	0
14	23	0
15	23	0
16	24	0
17	24	0
18	25	0
19	25	0
20	25	1
21	25	1
22	25	1
23	25	1
24	25	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	23	1
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	22	0
31	21	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	2
2	24	2
3	23	2
4	22	2
5	22	1
6	22	1
7	21	1
8	21	1
9	22	0
10	22	0
11	22	0
12	22	0
13	23	0
14	23	0
15	23	0
16	24	0
17	24	0
18	25	0
19	25	0
20	25	1
21	25	1
22	25	1
23	25	1
24	25	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	23	1
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	22	0
31	21	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	66	34
4	66	34
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	68	32
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	25	2
2	24	2
3	23	2
4	22	2
5	22	1
6	22	1
7	21	1
8	21	1
9	22	0
10	22	0
11	22	0
12	22	0
13	23	0
14	23	0
15	23	0
16	24	0
17	24	0
18	25	0
19	25	0
20	25	1
21	25	1
22	25	1
23	25	1
24	25	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	23	1
28	23	0
29	22	0
30	22	0
31	21	0

	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