Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qāmishlī weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Al Qāmishlī: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Midyat (42 km away). In March its highs average 13.4°C, 3.2°C cooler than Al Qāmishlī, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Qāmishlī ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Al Qāmishlī is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 42 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
Al Qāmishlī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 72 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 12.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 64 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 42 | 6.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 40.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 27.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 68 | 8.3 | 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
- Midyat in MarchTurkey · 42 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Mardin in MarchTurkey · 52 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MarchTurkey · 60 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MarchSyria · 75 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Cizre in MarchTurkey · 90 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Batman in MarchTurkey · 93 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Bismil in MarchTurkey · 102 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Silopi in MarchTurkey · 111 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 105 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 Al Qāmishlī) is explained once on the Al Qāmishlī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.