Sayyān weather in March

In March, Sayyān sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 21 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Sayyān's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sayyān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
7th warmest
Overnight low
12°
6th coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
5.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:16 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
33%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Sayyān is town in San‘a’ Governorate, Yemen.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical March day in Sayyān reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and on par with April.

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Sayyān weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 61.611.28.6
Feb23° / 10°61.611.58.9
Mar24° / 12°215.411.98.3
Apr25° / 13°448.312.37.5
May26° / 15°418.112.77.1
Jun28° / 16°17512.97.2
Jul26° / 16°5813.212.86.0
Aug26° / 15°11222.112.55.0
Sep26° / 14°226.112.17.5
Oct24° / 11°101.111.79.1
Nov22° / 4111.38.9
Dec22° / 30.811.18.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 14%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Sayyān gets around 21 mm of rain 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 rain averages around 16% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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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Wind in March

Winds average 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:266:06
211.76:256:07
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511.76:236:07
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2612.06:086:10
2712.16:076:11
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.65 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Sayyān

In seasonPeak

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

Sayyān sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Sayyān?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Sayyān for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sayyān in March

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

In March, Sayyān sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Sayyān in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sayyān peaks around April 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 13UV 15Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Sayyān 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 Sayyān is worst in July — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1547 µg/m³Nov 2124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb38Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr40Poor
May40Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul48Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep35Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sayyān?

Sayyān sits at 15.2°N, 44.3°E, 2,482 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Saḩar, 16 km away.

ḨajjahYarīmBājilMa'rib

Topography around Sayyān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sayyān has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m around an average of 2,493 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,408 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,066 m.

The land around Sayyān is covered by bare terrain (43%) and cropland (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (51%) within 80 km.

3 km
304 m
16 km
1,408 m
80 km
3,066 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Saḩar 16 km · Sanaa 24 km · ‘Amrān 68 km · Dhamār 70 km · Ḩajjah 96 km · Yarīm 97 km · Bājil 112 km · Ma'rib 112 km

Yemen travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / D / G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 7% of US
price level, 2013
GDP per capita
$634
2018
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Sayyān (15.1718°, 44.3244°, elevation 2,482 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).