Climate averages 1991–2020
Arāk weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Arāk: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Khomeyn (62 km away). In March its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Arāk, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Arāk ranks 88th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 49th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Arāk is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 43 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
Arāk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 32 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 7.6°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 33 | 6.5 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 12.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 49 | 8.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 43 | 8.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 24 | 6.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 34.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 13.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 30 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 8.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 31 | 6.2 | 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
- Khomeyn in MarchIran · 62 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low -0.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Alīgūdarz in MarchIran · 77 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Malāyer in MarchIran · 84 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -0.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Dorūd in MarchIran · 89 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Borūjerd in MarchIran · 90 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Shahrak-e Pardīsān in MarchIran · 114 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Sāveh in MarchIran · 119 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Nahāvand in MarchIran · 122 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 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 Arāk) is explained once on the Arāk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.