Yarīm weather in March

In March, Yarīm sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 23 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% 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 Yarīm's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yarīm's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
7th warmest
Overnight low
11°
6th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
4.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:15 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
35%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.2
out of 10

Yarīm is place in Ibb, 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 23°C through the month.

A typical March day in Yarīm reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs on par with February and on par with April.

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Yarīm weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 51.211.28.4
Feb22° / 10°71.611.58.6
Mar23° / 11°234.511.98.2
Apr23° / 12°496.912.37.7
May25° / 14°497.112.77.4
Jun26° / 15°568.712.86.8
Jul24° / 15°23823.512.84.8
Aug23° / 15°33827.612.54.3
Sep24° / 13°9311.912.16.8
Oct23° / 10°12211.78.7
Nov21° / 30.811.38.7
Dec21° / 20.511.28.6

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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78317
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Yarīm gets around 23 mm of rain over 4.5 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 14% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2016
2117
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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 (%)
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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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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137calm
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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 6:25 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:256:07
211.76:246:07
311.76:246:07
411.76:236:07
511.86:226:08
611.86:226:08
711.86:216:08
811.86:206:08
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1211.86:186:09
1311.96:176:09
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1511.96:166:09
1611.96:156:09
1711.96:146:09
1811.96:146:09
1911.96:136:10
2012.06:126:10
2112.06:126:10
2212.06:116:10
2312.06:106:10
2412.06:096:10
2512.06:096:10
2612.06:086:10
2712.16:076:10
2812.16:066:10
2912.16:066:10
3012.16:056:11
3112.16:046:11

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in April across the year — March's 6.75 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 Yarīm

In seasonPeak

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

Yarīm's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is March a good time to visit Yarīm?

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

8.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Yarīm in March

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

In March, Yarīm sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Yarīm 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 Yarīm peaks around April 11 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 11UV 15Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Yarīm 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 Yarīm is worst in July — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 28 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1254 µg/m³Dec 1028 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May42Poor
Jun52Poor
Jul54Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yarīm?

Yarīm sits at 14.3°N, 44.4°E, 2,626 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Dhamār, 27 km away.

TaizSayyānSaḩarZabīdBayt al Faqīh

Topography around Yarīm

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yarīm has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 513 m around an average of 2,662 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,444 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,735 m.

The land around Yarīm is covered by grassland (46%) and cropland (28%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (36%), cropland (22%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
513 m
16 km
1,444 m
80 km
2,735 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Dhamār 27 km · Ibb 42 km · Dhī as Sufāl 59 km · Taiz 89 km · Sayyān 97 km · Saḩar 113 km · Zabīd 115 km · Bayt al Faqīh 116 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 Yarīm (14.298°, 44.3779°, elevation 2,626 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).