Climate averages 1991–2020
Balıkesir weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Balıkesir: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soma (57 km away). In March its highs average 14.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Balıkesir, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Balıkesir ranks joint 52nd of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 57th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Balıkesir is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 53 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
Balıkesir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 76 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 13.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 53 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.9 | 2.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Soma in MarchTurkey · 57 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Mustafakemalpaşa in MarchTurkey · 62 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Bandırma in MarchTurkey · 79 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Akhisar in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Nilüfer in MarchTurkey · 108 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Ayvalık in MarchTurkey · 109 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Bursa in MarchTurkey · 117 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Manisa in MarchTurkey · 122 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 84 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 Balıkesir) is explained once on the Balıkesir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.