Climate averages 1991–2020
Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 8th 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 Zonguldak (36 km away). In March its highs average 11.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey ranks joint 109th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 101st of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 57 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
Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 100 | 13.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 85 | 13.0 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 10.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 88 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 55 | 8.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 63 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 47 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 6.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 79 | 8.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 100 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 88 | 10.5 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 108 | 13.9 | 9.39 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
- Zonguldak in MarchTurkey · 36 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Düzce in MarchTurkey · 54 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Bolu in MarchTurkey · 63 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Bartın in MarchTurkey · 86 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Karabük in MarchTurkey · 102 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Adapazarı in MarchTurkey · 102 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 95 mm rain
- İzmit in MarchTurkey · 138 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 97 mm rain
- Derince in MarchTurkey · 147 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 88 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 Ereğli) is explained once on the Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.