Climate averages 1991–2020
Marīvān weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Marīvān: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (60 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Marīvān, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Marīvān ranks 101st of 128 for the warmest March highs and 121st of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Marīvān is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 82 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
Marīvān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 112 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 124 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 11.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 114 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 82 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 35.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 68 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 89 | 10.0 | 9.810 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
- Bāneh in MarchIran · 60 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MarchIraq · 68 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Sanandaj in MarchIran · 77 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Saqqez in MarchIran · 82 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Būkān in MarchIran · 112 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MarchIraq · 120 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Kelar in MarchIraq · 126 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 143 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 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 Marīvān) is explained once on the Marīvān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.