Climate averages 1991–2020

Çankırı weather
in March.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 11.9°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 1.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 47 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Çankırı · average highYear overview

March is a cool month in Çankırı: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 Kırıkkale (84 km away). In March its highs average 13.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Çankırı, with 46 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Çankırı ranks joint 77th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 7th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Çankırı is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 42 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Çankırı climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Çankırı, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 4.8°C-2.9°C-2.9°C447.99.610 h
February 7.2°C-1.8°C-1.8°C387.410.611 h
March, selected 11.9°C1.0°C1.0°C478.911.912 h
April 17.6°C5.4°C5.4°C429.313.313 h
May 22.7°C9.9°C9.9°C5110.414.414 h
June 26.8°C13.5°C13.5°C358.415.015 h
July 30.7°C16.3°C16.3°C112.814.815 h
August 31.0°C16.6°C16.6°C133.413.814 h
September 26.4°C12.7°C12.7°C153.412.513 h
October 20.1°C8.5°C8.5°C265.011.211 h
November 12.2°C2.5°C2.5°C345.410.010 h
December 6.5°C-0.7°C-0.7°C497.89.39 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

Distance from Çankırı

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Çankırı) is explained once on the Çankırı year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.