Climate averages 1991–2020
Khorramshahr weather
in March.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Khorramshahr: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th 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 Abadan (16 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Khorramshahr, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Khorramshahr ranks 4th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 18th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Khorramshahr is 10.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 10 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
Khorramshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 38 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 25 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.5°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.2°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.6°C32.2°C | 32.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 46.6°C31.6°C | 31.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 42.8°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.7 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 41 | 3.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 37 | 4.9 | 10.210 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
- Abadan in MarchIran · 16 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in MarchIraq · 29 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Basrah in MarchIraq · 39 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in MarchIraq · 47 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in MarchIraq · 52 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Fāw in MarchIraq · 59 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in MarchIran · 88 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in MarchIraq · 96 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 23 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 Khorramshahr) is explained once on the Khorramshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.