Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahedan weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest 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 Zahedan: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zābol (181 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, 3.7°C warmer than Zahedan, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zahedan ranks 22nd of 128 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Zahedan is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 8.3 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
Zahedan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 24 | 4.0 | 10.510 h |
| February | 16.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 21.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 19 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 36.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 35.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 15.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 10.310 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
- Zābol in MarchIran · 181 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bam in MarchIran · 247 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Iranshahr in MarchIran · 256 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Jīroft in MarchIran · 317 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Kerman in MarchIran · 375 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Bīrjand in MarchIran · 406 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Turbat in MarchPakistan · 444 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Mīnāb in MarchIran · 454 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 40 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 Zahedan) is explained once on the Zahedan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.