Climate averages 1991–2020
Zābol weather
in March.
A warm, 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 warm month in Zābol: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Zahedan (181 km away). In March its highs average 21.3°C, 3.7°C cooler than Zābol, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zābol ranks 9th of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Zābol is 9.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 3.8 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
Zābol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 25.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 41.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 42.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 40.9°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 10.210 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
- Zahedan in MarchIran · 181 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Bīrjand in MarchIran · 296 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Bam in MarchIran · 370 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Herāt in MarchAfghanistan · 375 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Kandahār in MarchAfghanistan · 406 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Kerman in MarchIran · 430 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Iranshahr in MarchIran · 433 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Jīroft in MarchIran · 447 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 47 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 Zābol) is explained once on the Zābol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.