Climate averages 1991–2020
Bismil weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Bismil: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Diyarbakır (40 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Bismil, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Bismil ranks 35th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 86th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Bismil is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 75 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
Bismil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 69 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 71 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 75 | 10.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 33.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.6 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| August | 38.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 37 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 70 | 9.6 | 9.610 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
- Diyarbakır in MarchTurkey · 40 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Batman in MarchTurkey · 42 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Mardin in MarchTurkey · 60 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Midyat in MarchTurkey · 76 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in MarchSyria · 102 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MarchTurkey · 106 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Siirt in MarchTurkey · 113 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 134 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 Bismil) is explained once on the Bismil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.