Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafra weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bafra: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samsun (48 km away). In March its highs average 11.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bafra, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Bafra ranks joint 99th 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; Bafra is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 59 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
Bafra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 68 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| February | 9.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 60 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 11.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 73 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 59 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 55 | 9.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 42 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 27 | 5.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 67 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 9.29 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
- Samsun in MarchTurkey · 48 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Amasya in MarchTurkey · 102 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Ünye in MarchTurkey · 125 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Turhal in MarchTurkey · 132 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Çorum in MarchTurkey · 138 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Fatsa in MarchTurkey · 146 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Tokat in MarchTurkey · 150 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Kastamonu in MarchTurkey · 179 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.3°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 Bafra) is explained once on the Bafra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.