Climate averages 1991–2020

Bīrjand weather
in March.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 17.2°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 4.9°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 45 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bīrjand · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Bīrjand: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months 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 Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh (268 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, 3.1°C cooler than Bīrjand, with 43 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bīrjand ranks 42nd of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 40th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Bīrjand is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 20 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. -50510152025303540 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 500

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

Every month, side by side

Bīrjand climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bīrjand, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.7°C-1.1°C-1.1°C376.910.210 h
February 12.0°C0.7°C0.7°C457.811.011 h
March, selected 17.2°C4.9°C4.9°C457.812.012 h
April 23.9°C10.0°C10.0°C204.613.013 h
May 29.7°C14.7°C14.7°C5.71.713.814 h
June 33.7°C18.7°C18.7°C0.60.214.314 h
July 34.0°C20.3°C20.3°C0.10.014.114 h
August 32.5°C18.0°C18.0°C0.30.113.413 h
September 29.9°C13.8°C13.8°C0.60.212.412 h
October 24.7°C10.2°C10.2°C3.00.711.411 h
November 17.3°C5.0°C5.0°C102.810.511 h
December 12.3°C1.1°C1.1°C224.610.010 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 Bīrjand

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 Bīrjand) is explained once on the Bīrjand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.