Climate averages 1991–2020
Diyarbakır weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Diyarbakır: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a 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 Bismil (40 km away). In March its highs average 15.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Diyarbakır, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Diyarbakır ranks 41st of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 113th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Diyarbakır is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 91 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
Diyarbakır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 93 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 97 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 91 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.9 | 2.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 37.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 37.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.3 | 1.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 60 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 90 | 10.0 | 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
- Bismil in MarchTurkey · 40 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Batman in MarchTurkey · 80 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Siverek in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Mardin in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MarchTurkey · 87 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MarchTurkey · 87 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Bingöl in MarchTurkey · 111 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Midyat in MarchTurkey · 113 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 106 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 Diyarbakır) is explained once on the Diyarbakır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.