Climate averages 1991–2020
Giresun weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Giresun: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th 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 Ordu (42 km away). In March its highs average 11.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Giresun, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Giresun ranks 70th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 130th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Giresun is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 106 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
Giresun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 131 | 15.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 9.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 99 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 12.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 119 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 106 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 110 | 13.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 99 | 12.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 24.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 82 | 12.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 102 | 13.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 176 | 14.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 213 | 16.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 149 | 13.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 11.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 131 | 14.6 | 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
- Ordu in MarchTurkey · 42 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Fatsa in MarchTurkey · 76 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Ünye in MarchTurkey · 95 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Erzincan in MarchTurkey · 161 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Tokat in MarchTurkey · 169 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Sivas in MarchTurkey · 174 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Samsun in MarchTurkey · 177 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Rize in MarchTurkey · 180 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 134 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 Giresun) is explained once on the Giresun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.