Climate averages 1991–2020
Rasht weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Rasht: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar-e Anzalī (25 km away). In March its highs average 11.3°C, 2.4°C cooler than Rasht, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Rasht ranks 75th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 123rd of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Rasht is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 88 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
Rasht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 125 | 12.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 123 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 118 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 88 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 55 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 72 | 8.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 82 | 8.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 109 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 189 | 14.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 222 | 15.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 201 | 14.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 136 | 12.3 | 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
- Bandar-e Anzalī in MarchIran · 25 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Lāhījān in MarchIran · 38 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Zanjan in MarchIran · 118 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Qazvin in MarchIran · 118 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Alvand in MarchIran · 128 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Moḩammadīyeh in MarchIran · 128 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Tākestān in MarchIran · 134 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Ardabīl in MarchIran · 157 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 58 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 Rasht) is explained once on the Rasht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.