Climate averages 1991–2020
Irákleion weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Irákleion: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Glyfáda (308 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Irákleion, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Irákleion ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 15.4°C; Irákleion is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 36 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
Irákleion climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 68 | 12.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 54 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 36 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 31 | 4.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 4.9 | 0.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 6.1 | 0.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 19 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 38 | 5.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.810 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
- Glyfáda in MarchGreece · 308 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Piraeus in MarchGreece · 320 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Athens in MarchGreece · 321 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Khalándrion in MarchGreece · 323 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Acharnés in MarchGreece · 331 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Muğla in MarchTurkey · 357 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Darnah in MarchLibya · 367 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Aydın in MarchTurkey · 369 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 85 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 Irákleion) is explained once on the Irákleion year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.