Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan 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.
March is a cool month in Elbistan: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 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 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In March its highs average 13.8°C, 5.3°C warmer than Elbistan, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks 124th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 14th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Elbistan is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Elbistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 58 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 14 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kahramanmaraş in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Malatya in MarchTurkey · 99 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Adıyaman in MarchTurkey · 106 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Gaziantep in MarchTurkey · 129 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Kâhta in MarchTurkey · 133 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Kadirli in MarchTurkey · 134 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Nizip in MarchTurkey · 143 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Kozan in MarchTurkey · 147 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 146 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 Elbistan) is explained once on the Elbistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.