Ţafas weather in March

In March, Ţafas sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 42 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 11.8 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 49% 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 Ţafas's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ţafas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 42 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 5:53 AM – 5:38 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

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

A typical March day in Ţafas reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°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 26°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9

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

How March really feels in Ţafas

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.

Ţafas 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	15° / 5°	61	9.5	10.1	4.6
Feb	16° / 6°	57	8.2	10.8	5.3
Mar	19° / 8°	42	6.9	11.8	6.9
Apr	24° / 10°	17	4.2	12.8	8.2
May	28° / 14°	6	1.7	13.7	7.5
Jun	32° / 17°	1	0.3	14.1	5.7
Jul	34° / 20°	0	0	13.9	4.5
Aug	34° / 20°	0	0	13.2	4.4
Sep	32° / 18°	1	0.3	12.2	5.4
Oct	29° / 15°	8	2.1	11.2	7.2
Nov	22° / 10°	26	4.4	10.3	7.9
Dec	17° / 6°	46	6.9	9.9	6.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 29%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75
Cloudier (%)	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Ţafas gets around 42 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 23% and peaks near 25% 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 (%)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:49 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)	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:33
Sunset (PM)	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:12	5:26
2	11.3	6:11	5:27
3	11.3	6:09	5:28
4	11.3	6:08	5:29
5	11.4	6:07	5:29
6	11.4	6:06	5:30
7	11.4	6:04	5:31
8	11.5	6:03	5:32
9	11.5	6:02	5:33
10	11.5	6:01	5:33
11	11.6	5:59	5:34
12	11.6	5:58	5:35
13	11.6	5:57	5:36
14	11.7	5:56	5:36
15	11.7	5:54	5:37
16	11.7	5:53	5:38
17	11.8	5:52	5:39
18	11.8	5:50	5:39
19	11.9	5:49	5:40
20	11.9	5:48	5:41
21	11.9	5:46	5:42
22	12.0	5:45	5:42
23	12.0	5:44	5:43
24	12.0	5:42	5:44
25	12.1	5:41	5:44
26	12.1	5:39	5:45
27	12.1	5:38	5:46
28	12.2	5:37	5:47
29	12.2	5:35	5:47
30	12.2	5:34	5:48
31	12.3	5:33	5:49

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 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 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)	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	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 Ţafas?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Ţafas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ţafas in March

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

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

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Ţafas 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 Ţafas peaks around June 21 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 11 months of the year.

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

Air quality in Ţafas 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 Ţafas is worst in April — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 33 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)	48	54	54	55	46	37	33	34	42	48	50	51
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	46	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ţafas?

Ţafas sits at 32.7°N, 36.1°E, 489 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Dā‘il, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Ţafas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ţafas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 493 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,147 m.

The land around Ţafas is covered by cropland (49%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

76 m

cropland 49%

16 km

561 m

cropland 76%

80 km

3,147 m

cropland 39%

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

March weather nearby: Dā‘il 6.0 km · Shaykh Miskīn 13 km · Dar‘ā 14 km · Nawá 17 km · Ar Ramthā 21 km · Al Ḩirāk 22 km · Jāsim 28 km · Irbid 29 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 Ţafas (32.7371°, 36.0665°, elevation 489 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	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	7
5	18	7
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	20	8
23	20	8
24	20	8
25	20	8
26	20	8
27	20	8
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	75	25
31	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0