Mary weather in March

In March, Mary sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Mary's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mary's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
8th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:11 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
54%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Mary is city of Mary Province in Turkmenistan.

Founded
1884

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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Mary reaches about 18°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 10°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 7°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Mary

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.

Mary weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan10° / 204.51.89.72.7
Feb13° / 295.81.510.63.8
Mar18° / 386.70.311.76.3
Apr25° / 12°245012.97.6
May31° / 17°102.60145.6
Jun36° / 21°10.3014.52.9
Jul37° / 23°00.2014.31.9
Aug36° / 21°00.1013.43.1
Sep31° / 15°10.2012.36.5
Oct24° / 10°61.50118.9
Nov16° / 153.30.3106.2
Dec11° / 143.30.69.53.2

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Mary gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1202
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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 (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
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51000
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:33 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:336:39
211.17:326:40
311.27:306:41
411.27:296:42
511.37:286:43
611.37:266:44
711.37:256:45
811.47:236:46
911.47:226:47
1011.57:206:48
1111.57:196:49
1211.57:176:50
1311.67:166:50
1411.67:146:51
1511.77:136:52
1611.77:116:53
1711.77:106:54
1811.87:086:55
1911.87:076:56
2011.97:056:57
2111.97:046:58
2211.97:026:59
2312.07:017:00
2412.06:597:01
2512.16:577:02
2612.16:567:03
2712.26:547:04
2812.26:537:05
2912.26:517:05
3012.36:507:06
3112.36:487:07

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Mary

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is March a good time to visit Mary?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Mary for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mary in March

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

In March, Mary sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Mary 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 Mary peaks around June 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJun 22UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Mary 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 Mary is worst in July — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 32 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1864 µg/m³Jan 1833 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb35Poor
Mar48Poor
Apr50Poor
May49Poor
Jun48Poor
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mary?

Mary sits at 37.6°N, 61.8°E, 223 m above sea level, in Turkmenistan. The nearest listed city is Bayramaly, 30 km away.

TejenSarahsSarakhsKaka

Topography around Mary

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mary has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 222 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m.

The land around Mary is covered by artificial surfaces (81%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (42%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
182 m
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March weather nearby: Bayramaly 30 km · Çaşgyn 34 km · Türkmengala 49 km · Yolöten 57 km · Tejen 119 km · Sarahs 131 km · Sarakhs 131 km · Kaka 197 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
Muslim 93%Christian 6%

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 Mary (37.5938°, 61.8303°, elevation 223 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).