Climate averages 1991–2020
Deir ez-Zor weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th 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 Deir ez-Zor: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (123 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Deir ez-Zor, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Deir ez-Zor ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Deir ez-Zor is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 12 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
Deir ez-Zor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 25 | 5.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 20.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 21 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 32.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 37.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 40.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 40.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 35.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 24 | 5.0 | 9.810 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
- Ar Raqqah in MarchSyria · 123 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in MarchIraq · 130 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MarchSyria · 141 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in MarchSyria · 154 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MarchTurkey · 210 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MarchTurkey · 213 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in MarchSyria · 214 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Mardin in MarchTurkey · 226 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 65 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 Deir ez-Zor) is explained once on the Deir ez-Zor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.