Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahābād 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 Mahābād: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Naqadeh (37 km away). In March its highs average 10.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mahābād, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Mahābād ranks joint 97th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 65th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Mahābād is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 50 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
Mahābād 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-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 42 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 48 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 11.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 34 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 18 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 38 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 41 | 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
- Naqadeh in MarchIran · 37 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MarchIran · 41 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Būkān in MarchIran · 51 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MarchIran · 52 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Bonāb in MarchIran · 71 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Saqqez in MarchIran · 75 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MarchIraq · 83 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MarchIran · 84 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 72 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 Mahābād) is explained once on the Mahābād year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.