Climate averages 1991–2020
Ganja weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ganja: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mingachevir (60 km away). In March its highs average 13.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Ganja, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Ganja ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 11.4°C; Ganja is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 76 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
Ganja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 20 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 26 | 6.5 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 11.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 76 | 15.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 18.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 76 | 14.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 60 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 47 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 44 | 10.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 45 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 30 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.2°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 17 | 4.6 | 9.39 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
- Mingachevir in MarchAzerbaijan · 60 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Yevlakh in MarchAzerbaijan · 67 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Rustavi in MarchGeorgia · 152 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Vanadzor in MarchArmenia · 158 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Yerevan in MarchArmenia · 166 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MarchGeorgia · 170 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MarchIran · 175 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in MarchAzerbaijan · 183 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 1.0°C · 51 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 Ganja) is explained once on the Ganja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.