Climate averages 1991–2020
Erzincan weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Erzincan: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -1.9°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 10th 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 (100 km away). In March its highs average 10.5°C, 4.7°C warmer than Erzincan, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzincan ranks joint 131st 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; Erzincan is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 88 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
Erzincan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 64 | 9.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.3°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 61 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 5.8°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 83 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 88 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 97 | 17.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 55 | 10.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 4.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 61 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 9.49 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
- Akçapınar in MarchTurkey · 100 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Elazığ in MarchTurkey · 121 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Bingöl in MarchTurkey · 128 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 138 mm rain
- Erzurum in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Giresun in MarchTurkey · 161 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Rize in MarchTurkey · 167 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 134 mm rain
- Malatya in MarchTurkey · 185 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Ordu in MarchTurkey · 193 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 109 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 Erzincan) is explained once on the Erzincan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.