Jebel weather in March

In March, Jebel sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 5.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Jebel's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jebel's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 25 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:42 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Jebel reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 7°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)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8

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

How March really feels in Jebel

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 4 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

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Jebel weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / -0°	11	3	0.8	9.5	1.2
Feb	9° / 1°	13	3.6	1.2	10.4	2.1
Mar	15° / 5°	25	5.4	0.5	11.7	5.0
Apr	22° / 11°	26	5.4	0	13	7.4
May	29° / 17°	16	3.9	0	14.2	6.7
Jun	34° / 22°	8	2.3	0	14.7	3.6
Jul	37° / 25°	6	1.4	0	14.5	2.0
Aug	36° / 24°	4	1.1	0	13.6	2.7
Sep	30° / 19°	8	1.6	0	12.3	6.6
Oct	22° / 11°	14	2.6	0	10.9	8.4
Nov	14° / 5°	15	3.6	0.3	9.8	4.8
Dec	8° / 1°	8	2.4	0.3	9.2	1.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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 (%)	59	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	58
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Jebel gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 5.4 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 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Snow chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 78 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:06 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:38 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)	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:06	8:04	8:03	8:01	8:00	7:58	7:57	7:55	7:54	7:52	7:50	7:49	7:47	7:46	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:18
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	8:06	7:07
2	11.1	8:04	7:08
3	11.1	8:03	7:09
4	11.2	8:01	7:10
5	11.2	8:00	7:11
6	11.2	7:58	7:12
7	11.3	7:57	7:14
8	11.3	7:55	7:15
9	11.4	7:54	7:16
10	11.4	7:52	7:17
11	11.5	7:50	7:18
12	11.5	7:49	7:19
13	11.5	7:47	7:20
14	11.6	7:46	7:21
15	11.6	7:44	7:22
16	11.7	7:42	7:23
17	11.7	7:41	7:24
18	11.8	7:39	7:25
19	11.8	7:38	7:26
20	11.9	7:36	7:27
21	11.9	7:34	7:28
22	11.9	7:33	7:29
23	12.0	7:31	7:30
24	12.0	7:29	7:31
25	12.1	7:28	7:32
26	12.1	7:26	7:33
27	12.2	7:24	7:34
28	12.2	7:23	7:35
29	12.3	7:21	7:36
30	12.3	7:19	7:37
31	12.3	7:18	7:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 4.55 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2
Level	Moderate	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	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Jebel

In seasonPeak

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

Jebel sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

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May

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Jebel?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Jebel for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jebel in March

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

In March, Jebel sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Jebel 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 Jebel peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	8	6	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Jebel 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 Jebel is worst in September — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 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)	23	28	38	33	31	28	29	36	48	48	44	34
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	33	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	44	Poor
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Jebel?

Jebel sits at 39.6°N, 54.2°E, -5 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Balkanabat, 18 km away.

Topography around Jebel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jebel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of -3 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,576 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,914 m.

The land around Jebel is covered by bare terrain (86%) within 3 km, bare terrain (73%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

216 m

bare terrain 86%

16 km

1,576 m

bare terrain 73%

80 km

1,914 m

bare terrain 78%

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

March weather nearby: Balkanabat 18 km · Gumdag 57 km · Türkmenbaşy 117 km · Bereket 119 km · Gyzylarbat 191 km · Magtymguly 221 km · Kalāleh 274 km · Gonbad-e Kāvūs 277 km

Turkmenistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type B / C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 0% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,540; 2025
Happiness: 5.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1; per 100k, 2015
Road deaths: 13.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; 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 Jebel (39.6341°, 54.2305°, elevation -5 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	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	13	3
6	13	3
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	14	4
11	14	4
12	14	4
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	15	5
18	15	5
19	15	5
20	15	5
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	17	7
30	18	7
31	18	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	56	44
11	56	44
12	56	44
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

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