Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Piranshahr: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a 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 (36 km away). In March its highs average 10.7°C, 2.9°C warmer than Piranshahr, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Piranshahr ranks 128th of 128 for the warmest March highs and 119th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Piranshahr is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 95 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
Piranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 84 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 96 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 7.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 108 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 95 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 62 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 71 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 78 | 9.0 | 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 · 36 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Mahābād in MarchIran · 52 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Soran in MarchIraq · 54 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 55 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MarchIraq · 58 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 157 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MarchIraq · 60 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MarchIran · 91 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in MarchIran · 95 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 59 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 Piranshahr) is explained once on the Piranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.