Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahrud weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Shahrud: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs (94 km away). In March its highs average 17.3°C, 4.4°C warmer than Shahrud, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shahrud ranks joint 83rd of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 65th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Shahrud is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 59 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
Shahrud climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 31 | 7.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 40 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 59 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 13.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 22 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 10 | 2.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 3.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 24 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 34 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 33 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 26 | 6.5 | 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
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MarchIran · 94 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Behshahr in MarchIran · 131 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Semnan in MarchIran · 170 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Sari in MarchIran · 172 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in MarchIran · 189 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Bābol in MarchIran · 206 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Āmol in MarchIran · 235 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 118 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in MarchIran · 240 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 0.5°C · 71 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 Shahrud) is explained once on the Shahrud year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.