Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksaray weather
in March.
A cool, moderately 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 Aksaray: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Nevşehir (66 km away). In March its highs average 10.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Aksaray, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Aksaray ranks joint 71st of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Aksaray is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 45 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
Aksaray climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 12.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 46 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 8.3 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 9.510 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
- Nevşehir in MarchTurkey · 66 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Niğde in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Kırşehir in MarchTurkey · 87 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 96 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Kayseri in MarchTurkey · 133 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Konya in MarchTurkey · 146 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Karaman in MarchTurkey · 150 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in MarchTurkey · 170 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 46 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 Aksaray) is explained once on the Aksaray year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.