Climate averages 1991–2020
Sahand 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 Sahand: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 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 Tabriz (21 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sahand, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sahand ranks joint 123rd of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 33rd of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Sahand is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 41 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
Sahand 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-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 9.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 28 | 6.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 9.0 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 25 | 6.0 | 9.610 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
- Tabriz in MarchIran · 21 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MarchIran · 63 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Bonāb in MarchIran · 68 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in MarchIran · 101 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Ahar in MarchIran · 102 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MarchIran · 109 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Salmās in MarchIran · 121 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Khūy in MarchIran · 121 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low -0.8°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 Sahand) is explained once on the Sahand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.