Climate averages 1991–2020
Īlām weather
in March.
A cool, 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 Īlām: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month 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 Eslāmābād-e Gharb (53 km away). In March its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Īlām, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Īlām ranks 80th of 128 for the warmest March highs and 112th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Īlām is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 67 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
Īlām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 89 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 88 | 10.6 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 96 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 67 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 21 | 4.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 35.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 35.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 31 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 73 | 7.9 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.8°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 78 | 8.6 | 10.010 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
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in MarchIran · 53 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Kermanshah in MarchIran · 96 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Kūhdasht in MarchIran · 111 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in MarchIraq · 124 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Al-Kut in MarchIraq · 137 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MarchIraq · 142 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Kelar in MarchIraq · 150 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 78 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in MarchIraq · 153 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 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 Īlām) is explained once on the Īlām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.