Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj 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 Sanandaj: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Qorveh (75 km away). In March its highs average 9.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sanandaj, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks joint 108th of 128 for the warmest March highs and 102nd of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Sanandaj is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 62 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
Sanandaj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 64 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 67 | 9.5 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 10.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 76 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 62 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.2 | 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
- Qorveh in MarchIran · 75 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Marīvān in MarchIran · 77 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Kermanshah in MarchIran · 111 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Saqqez in MarchIran · 123 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Bāneh in MarchIran · 126 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in MarchIran · 141 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MarchIraq · 145 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Hamadān in MarchIran · 149 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 77 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 Sanandaj) is explained once on the Sanandaj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.