Climate averages 1991–2020
Ahvaz weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ahvaz: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Shūshtar (83 km away). In March its highs average 24.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Ahvaz, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahvaz ranks 7th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 30th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Ahvaz is 10.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 21 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
Ahvaz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 59 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 36 | 5.0 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 25.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 4.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 21 | 2.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 5.3 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.4°C29.1°C | 29.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 47.2°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 47.0°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.9°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 7.6 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 65 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.1°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 73 | 6.6 | 10.210 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
- Shūshtar in MarchIran · 83 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in MarchIran · 87 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Masjed Soleymān in MarchIran · 90 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Bandar-e Māhshahr in MarchIran · 97 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Shūsh in MarchIran · 106 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in MarchIran · 106 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in MarchIran · 109 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Abadan in MarchIran · 115 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 22 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 Ahvaz) is explained once on the Ahvaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.