Climate averages 1991–2020
Alanya weather
in March.
A mild, 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 Alanya: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a 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 Manavgat (57 km away). In March its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Alanya, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Alanya ranks joint 24th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 108th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Alanya is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 63 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
Alanya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 179 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 131 | 10.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 94 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 8.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.4 | 2.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 11 | 3.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 22 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 117 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 182 | 11.2 | 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
- Manavgat in MarchTurkey · 57 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Belek in MarchTurkey · 91 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Muratpaşa in MarchTurkey · 117 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Antalya in MarchTurkey · 123 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Karaman in MarchTurkey · 129 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Konya in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Silifke in MarchTurkey · 174 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Isparta in MarchTurkey · 187 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 88 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 Alanya) is explained once on the Alanya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.