Climate averages 1991–2020
Adana weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Adana: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Tarsus (39 km away). In March its highs average 16.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Adana, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Adana ranks joint 2nd of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 77th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Adana is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 61 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
Adana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 82 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 75 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 61 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 51 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 16 | 4.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 6.7 | 1.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 34.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 19 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 27.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 48 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 83 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 139 | 9.3 | 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
- Tarsus in MarchTurkey · 39 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MarchTurkey · 44 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Mersin in MarchTurkey · 64 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Kozan in MarchTurkey · 68 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Kadirli in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MarchTurkey · 82 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 112 mm rain
- İskenderun in MarchTurkey · 88 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 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 Adana) is explained once on the Adana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.