Climate averages 1991–2020
Soran weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Soran: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (52 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Soran, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Soran ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest March highs and 59th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 22.3°C; Soran is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 132 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
Soran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 150 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 156 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 13.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 169 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 132 | 10.0 | 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
- Hajiawa in MarchIraq · 52 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MarchIran · 54 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Rānyah in MarchIraq · 54 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MarchIraq · 59 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 93 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MarchIraq · 60 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MarchIraq · 62 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Erbil in MarchIraq · 70 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MarchIraq · 74 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 157 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 Soran) is explained once on the Soran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.