Khān Shaykhūn weather in March

In March, Khān Shaykhūn sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 31 mm of rain across 6.9 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 44% 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 Khān Shaykhūn's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khān Shaykhūn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
6.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:51 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
46%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Khān Shaykhūn is human settlement.

Founded
1400

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 Khān Shaykhūn reaches about 19°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 25°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
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5187
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How March really feels in Khān Shaykhūn

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.

Khān Shaykhūn 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° / 509.89.93.5
Feb14° / 398.110.74.5
Mar19° / 316.911.76.7
Apr24° / 11°184.112.98.0
May29° / 15°132.813.86.8
Jun33° / 19°20.414.34.7
Jul36° / 22°00.114.13.2
Aug36° / 22°10.213.32.9
Sep33° / 19°30.612.24.7
Oct28° / 15°102.711.17.2
Nov20° / 254.710.17.5
Dec14° / 427.89.74.4

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%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36337
46337
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76337
86337
96436
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Khān Shaykhūn gets around 31 mm of rain over 6.9 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 22% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
122
221
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421
520
620
721
821
921
1022
1123
1223
1324
1424
1524
1625
1725
1825
1925
2025
2125
2224
2324
2423
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2721
2821
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
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69calm
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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 6:12 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:125:21
211.26:115:22
311.26:095:23
411.36:085:24
511.36:075:25
611.36:055:26
711.46:045:27
811.46:035:28
911.56:015:29
1011.56:005:30
1111.55:585:30
1211.65:575:31
1311.65:565:32
1411.65:545:33
1511.75:535:34
1611.75:515:35
1711.85:505:36
1811.85:485:36
1911.85:475:37
2011.95:465:38
2111.95:445:39
2212.05:435:40
2312.05:415:41
2412.05:405:41
2512.15:385:42
2612.15:375:43
2712.15:355:44
2812.25:345:45
2912.25:325:46
3012.35:315:46
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 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.3Bright
34.3Bright
44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.5Bright
74.5Bright
84.5Bright
94.6Bright
104.6Bright
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255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.4Bright
285.4Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Khān Shaykhūn?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Khān Shaykhūn for sightseeing.

What to pack for Khān Shaykhūn in March

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

In March, Khān Shaykhūn sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Khān Shaykhūn 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 Khān Shaykhūn peaks around June 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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 highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Khān Shaykhūn 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 Khān Shaykhūn 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorFeb 2154 µg/m³Jul 2124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr48Poor
May38Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct43Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Khān Shaykhūn?

Khān Shaykhūn sits at 35.4°N, 36.7°E, 376 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Kafr Zaytā, 9.0 km away.

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Topography around Khān Shaykhūn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khān Shaykhūn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,540 m.

The land around Khān Shaykhūn is covered by cropland (64%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
399 m
80 km
1,540 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Kafr Zaytā 9.0 km · Şūrān 19 km · Ţayyibat al Imām 20 km · Kafranbel 21 km · Ḩalfāyā 21 km · Maharda 23 km · Ḩamāh 36 km · Saraqib 49 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 Khān Shaykhūn (35.4421°, 36.651°, elevation 376 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).