Climate averages 1991–2020

Qorveh 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.

Average high 9.8°C Daytime mean, March
Average low -2.2°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 53 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qorveh · average highYear overview

March is a cool month in Qorveh: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Sanandaj (75 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Qorveh, with 76 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Qorveh ranks joint 117th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 59th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Qorveh is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 47 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qorveh climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qorveh, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.9°C-7.9°C-7.9°C378.210.110 h
February 3.9°C-6.5°C-6.5°C417.710.911 h
March, selected 9.8°C-2.2°C-2.2°C539.811.912 h
April 15.8°C2.8°C2.8°C478.913.113 h
May 21.9°C7.8°C7.8°C236.114.014 h
June 29.1°C13.2°C13.2°C3.10.814.514 h
July 33.2°C16.7°C16.7°C1.20.314.314 h
August 32.7°C16.5°C16.5°C0.50.213.513 h
September 27.4°C12.1°C12.1°C1.00.312.412 h
October 19.9°C6.5°C6.5°C193.711.311 h
November 10.9°C-0.2°C-0.2°C397.110.410 h
December 5.5°C-4.4°C-4.4°C346.39.810 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

Distance from Qorveh

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qorveh) is explained once on the Qorveh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.