Climate averages 1991–2020
Ceyhan weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ceyhan: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Osmaniye (39 km away). In March its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Ceyhan, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ceyhan ranks 5th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 127th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Ceyhan is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 87 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
Ceyhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 127 | 10.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 112 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 113 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 76 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 32 | 5.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 10 | 2.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 53 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 81 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 95 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 137 | 10.4 | 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
- Osmaniye in MarchTurkey · 39 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Adana in MarchTurkey · 44 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Kadirli in MarchTurkey · 46 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Kozan in MarchTurkey · 48 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 146 mm rain
- İskenderun in MarchTurkey · 58 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 68 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Tarsus in MarchTurkey · 83 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Antakya in MarchTurkey · 96 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 87 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 Ceyhan) is explained once on the Ceyhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.