Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarh weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Sarh: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doba (176 km away). In March its highs average 38.7°C, about as warm as Sarh, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Sarh ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 38.8°C; Sarh is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 38.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 38.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 3.4 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 27 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 75 | 12.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 101 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 205 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 249 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 174 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 73 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Doba in MarchChad · 176 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Moundou in MarchChad · 261 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kelo in MarchChad · 283 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Am Timan in MarchChad · 296 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Pala in MarchChad · 382 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Bambari in MarchCentral African Republic · 453 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Bouar in MarchCentral African Republic · 471 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Maroua in MarchCameroon · 474 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sarh) is explained once on the Sarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.