Climate averages 1991–2020

Gonbad-e Kāvūs weather
in March.

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

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

Average high 17.3°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 5.4°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 78 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 78 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 Shahrud (94 km away). In March its highs average 12.9°C, 4.4°C cooler than Gonbad-e Kāvūs, with 57 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Gonbad-e Kāvūs ranks joint 40th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 105th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Gonbad-e Kāvūs is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 63 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 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Gonbad-e Kāvūs climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gonbad-e Kāvūs, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.7°C1.5°C1.5°C527.09.910 h
February 13.5°C1.9°C1.9°C678.110.811 h
March, selected 17.3°C5.4°C5.4°C789.611.912 h
April 22.3°C10.0°C10.0°C638.313.113 h
May 27.6°C15.0°C15.0°C345.614.114 h
June 32.4°C19.6°C19.6°C274.314.715 h
July 34.5°C22.5°C22.5°C336.814.514 h
August 34.7°C22.2°C22.2°C335.513.614 h
September 30.9°C18.6°C18.6°C365.012.512 h
October 25.4°C12.8°C12.8°C354.511.311 h
November 18.5°C7.2°C7.2°C496.210.210 h
December 14.5°C3.3°C3.3°C365.99.710 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

Distance from Gonbad-e Kāvūs

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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs) is explained once on the Gonbad-e Kāvūs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.