Climate averages 1991–2020

Mādabā weather
in March.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.0°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 7.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 29 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mādabā · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Mādabā: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Marj Al Hamam (21 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mādabā, with 30 mm of rain.

Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Mādabā ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 18.4°C; Mādabā is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 8.4 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mādabā climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mādabā, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.2°C4.4°C4.4°C487.210.310 h
February 13.4°C5.0°C5.0°C437.011.011 h
March, selected 17.0°C7.4°C7.4°C295.112.012 h
April 22.0°C10.7°C10.7°C8.42.112.913 h
May 26.6°C15.0°C15.0°C3.10.613.814 h
June 29.6°C18.1°C18.1°C0.20.114.214 h
July 31.3°C20.1°C20.1°C00.014.014 h
August 31.5°C20.4°C20.4°C00.013.313 h
September 29.3°C18.6°C18.6°C0.40.112.412 h
October 25.4°C15.6°C15.6°C4.21.111.411 h
November 19.2°C10.2°C10.2°C143.410.611 h
December 14.3°C6.1°C6.1°C295.110.110 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

Distance from Mādabā

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mādabā) is explained once on the Mādabā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.