Climate averages 1991–2020
Bam weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 10th 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 Bam: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jīroft (77 km away). In March its highs average 22.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bam, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bam ranks 12th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 16th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Bam is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 12 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
Bam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 19.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.4 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.0°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 37.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.310 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
- Jīroft in MarchIran · 77 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Kerman in MarchIran · 180 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Zahedan in MarchIran · 247 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Mīnāb in MarchIran · 252 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Sirjan in MarchIran · 262 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Rafsanjān in MarchIran · 270 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 6.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in MarchIran · 295 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Iranshahr in MarchIran · 311 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 20 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 Bam) is explained once on the Bam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.