Climate averages 1991–2020
Zanjan weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Zanjan: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Mīāneh (108 km away). In March its highs average 13.9°C, 3.8°C warmer than Zanjan, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zanjan ranks joint 114th of 128 for the warmest March highs and 85th of 128 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 128 cities is 15.7°C; Zanjan is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 76 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
Zanjan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 43 | 9.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.1°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 10.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 68 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 58 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 16 | 4.6 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 5.8 | 2.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 7.9 | 2.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 35 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 55 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 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
- Mīāneh in MarchIran · 108 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Rasht in MarchIran · 118 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in MarchIran · 123 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Tākestān in MarchIran · 127 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Qazvin in MarchIran · 142 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Lāhījān in MarchIran · 147 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Alvand in MarchIran · 150 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Moḩammadīyeh in MarchIran · 159 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 62 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 Zanjan) is explained once on the Zanjan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.