Climate averages 1991–2020

Behbahān weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 10.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 70 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Behbahān · average highYear overview

March is a warm month in Behbahān: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Dogonbadan (59 km away). In March its highs average 21.1°C, 2.2°C cooler than Behbahān, with 73 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Behbahān ranks 15th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 87th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Behbahān is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 27 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035404550 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Behbahān climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Behbahān, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.4°C6.2°C6.2°C1159.010.410 h
February 18.5°C7.3°C7.3°C716.911.111 h
March, selected 23.3°C10.4°C10.4°C705.912.012 h
April 29.9°C15.4°C15.4°C273.612.913 h
May 37.8°C20.8°C20.8°C5.90.813.714 h
June 42.7°C25.2°C25.2°C0.10.014.114 h
July 44.1°C28.1°C28.1°C0.20.113.914 h
August 43.8°C27.8°C27.8°C1.40.613.313 h
September 40.2°C23.7°C23.7°C1.40.812.412 h
October 34.2°C18.9°C18.9°C5.31.511.511 h
November 24.5°C13.0°C13.0°C795.410.611 h
December 18.6°C8.3°C8.3°C1187.410.210 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

Distance from Behbahān

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Behbahān) is explained once on the Behbahān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.