Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kars: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Gyumri (68 km away). In March its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Kars, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks joint 135th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 53rd of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Kars is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 99 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
Kars climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 35 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.2°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 5.0°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 126 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 15.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 60 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 36 | 6.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 9.39 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
- Gyumri in MarchArmenia · 68 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Ağrı in MarchTurkey · 98 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Iğdır in MarchTurkey · 111 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Vanadzor in MarchArmenia · 121 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Yerevan in MarchArmenia · 130 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MarchTurkey · 145 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Patnos in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Batumi in MarchGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 144 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 Kars) is explained once on the Kars year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.