Climate averages 1991–2020
Būkān 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 Būkān: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saqqez (31 km away). In March its highs average 10.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Būkān, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Būkān ranks joint 95th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 61st of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Būkān is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 49 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
Būkān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 47 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 54 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 49 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 31 | 8.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 35.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.4 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 37 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 7.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 37 | 6.8 | 9.710 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
- Saqqez in MarchIran · 31 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MarchIran · 50 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Mahābād in MarchIran · 51 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Bāneh in MarchIran · 65 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Naqadeh in MarchIran · 88 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bonāb in MarchIran · 92 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MarchIran · 97 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MarchIran · 97 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.5°C · 108 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 Būkān) is explained once on the Būkān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.