Climate averages 1991–2020
Herāt weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Herāt: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (286 km away). In March its highs average 11.9°C, 5.2°C cooler than Herāt, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Afghanistan, Herāt ranks joint 8th of 14 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 15.2°C; Herāt is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 34 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
Herāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 49 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 60 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 68 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 17 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 9.910 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in MarchIran · 286 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in MarchIran · 291 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Maymana in MarchAfghanistan · 293 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Mashhad in MarchIran · 320 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Bīrjand in MarchIran · 321 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Kāshmar in MarchIran · 355 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Mary in MarchTurkmenistan · 362 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Bayramaly in MarchTurkmenistan · 364 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 37 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 Herāt) is explained once on the Herāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.