Climate averages 1991–2020
Elazığ weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Elazığ: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Akçapınar (39 km away). In March its highs average 10.5°C, about as warm as Elazığ, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elazığ ranks 117th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 88th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Elazığ is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 86 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
Elazığ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 70 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 10.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 83 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 86 | 12.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 2.1 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 57 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 71 | 9.8 | 9.510 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
- Akçapınar in MarchTurkey · 39 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Malatya in MarchTurkey · 87 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Siverek in MarchTurkey · 103 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Kâhta in MarchTurkey · 112 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Bingöl in MarchTurkey · 113 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Erzincan in MarchTurkey · 121 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MarchTurkey · 121 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Adıyaman in MarchTurkey · 131 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 70 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 Elazığ) is explained once on the Elazığ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.