Climate averages 1991–2020
Ardabīl weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ardabīl: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about -2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (56 km away). In March its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Ardabīl, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ardabīl ranks joint 120th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 68th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Ardabīl is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 65 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
Ardabīl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.6°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 46 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 9.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 58 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 65 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 23 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 25.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 10 | 2.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 24 | 6.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 36 | 7.0 | 9.610 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
- Meshgīn Shahr in MarchIran · 56 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Lerik in MarchAzerbaijan · 59 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 0.0°C · 94 mm rain
- Lankaran in MarchAzerbaijan · 74 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Mīāneh in MarchIran · 105 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Ahar in MarchIran · 110 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in MarchIran · 134 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Rasht in MarchIran · 157 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MarchIran · 159 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.3°C · 38 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 Ardabīl) is explained once on the Ardabīl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.