Climate averages 1991–2020
Akçapınar weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Akçapınar: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elazığ (39 km away). In March its highs average 10.4°C, about as warm as Akçapınar, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Akçapınar ranks joint 114th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 68th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Akçapınar is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 73 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
Akçapınar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 72 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 73 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 56 | 9.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 40 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 56 | 6.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.59 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
- Elazığ in MarchTurkey · 39 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Malatya in MarchTurkey · 86 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Erzincan in MarchTurkey · 100 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Kâhta in MarchTurkey · 132 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Bingöl in MarchTurkey · 134 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Siverek in MarchTurkey · 137 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Adıyaman in MarchTurkey · 144 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MarchTurkey · 160 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 97 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 Akçapınar) is explained once on the Akçapınar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.