Tadmur weather in March

In March, Tadmur sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 16 mm of precipitation across 3.6 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-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 56% 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 Tadmur's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tadmur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
16 mm
3.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:45 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover
38%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Tadmur is ancient city in Homs Governorate, 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 Tadmur reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°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 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1176
2176
3176
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5186
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How March really feels in Tadmur

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.

Tadmur weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 174.69.93.5
Feb14° / 143.410.75.0
Mar19° / 163.611.77.3
Apr24° / 11°8212.88.5
May30° / 16°5113.86.5
Jun35° / 20°00.114.33.8
Jul37° / 23°0014.12.1
Aug37° / 22°0013.32.2
Sep33° / 19°00.112.24.7
Oct27° / 14°5111.18.0
Nov19° / 112.610.27.4
Dec13° / 143.79.74.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 26%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
37228
47129
57129
67129
77327
87327
97327
107327
117327
127426
137426
147426
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Tadmur gets around 16 mm of rain and snow over 3.6 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 11% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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211
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511
611
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811
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1011
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3012
3111

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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31100

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
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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 6:04 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:045:16
211.26:035:17
311.36:025:17
411.36:015:18
511.35:595:19
611.45:585:20
711.45:575:21
811.45:555:22
911.55:545:23
1011.55:535:23
1111.55:515:24
1211.65:505:25
1311.65:495:26
1411.75:475:27
1511.75:465:28
1611.75:455:28
1711.85:435:29
1811.85:425:30
1911.85:405:31
2011.95:395:32
2111.95:385:33
2212.05:365:33
2312.05:355:34
2412.05:335:35
2512.15:325:36
2612.15:305:36
2712.15:295:37
2812.25:285:38
2912.25:265:39
3012.25:255:40
3112.35:235:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.79 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.4Bright
145.4Bright
155.5Bright
165.5Bright
175.5Bright
185.6Bright
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205.7Bright
215.7Bright
225.8Bright
235.8Bright
245.8Bright
255.9Bright
265.9Bright
276.0Bright
286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Tadmur

In seasonPeak

None of Tadmur's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Tadmur sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Tadmur?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tadmur in March

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

In March, Tadmur sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Tadmur in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tadmur peaks around June 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Tadmur 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 Tadmur is worst in May — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 28 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1446 µg/m³Nov 2028 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar42Poor
Apr44Poor
May47Poor
Jun42Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep36Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tadmur?

Tadmur sits at 34.6°N, 38.3°E, 418 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Qaryatayn, 103 km away.

Al QaryataynAs SalamīyahHomsAl-TabqaRukbanTallbīsahAr RastanQārah

Topography around Tadmur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tadmur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 423 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,039 m.

The land around Tadmur is covered by bare terrain (68%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
561 m
80 km
1,039 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Al Qaryatayn 103 km · As Salamīyah 123 km · Homs 144 km · Al-Tabqa 144 km · Rukban 144 km · Tallbīsah 145 km · Ar Rastan 147 km · Qārah 149 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 Tadmur (34.5624°, 38.284°, elevation 418 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).