Climate averages 1991–2020
Yazd weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and one of the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Yazd: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafsanjān (227 km away). In March its highs average 19.9°C, about as warm as Yazd, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Yazd ranks joint 25th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 11th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Yazd is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 14 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
Yazd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 20 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 20.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 14 | 3.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 37.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 36.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.110 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
- Rafsanjān in MarchIran · 227 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 6.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Shahreẕā in MarchIran · 237 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Bahārestān in MarchIran · 253 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Isfahan in MarchIran · 267 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Marvdasht in MarchIran · 270 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Khomeynī Shahr in MarchIran · 280 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 1.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Shāhīn Shahr in MarchIran · 285 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Fūlād Shahr in MarchIran · 287 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 17 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 Yazd) is explained once on the Yazd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.