Climate averages 1991–2020
Kastamonu weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Kastamonu: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Çankırı (88 km away). In March its highs average 11.9°C, 2.6°C warmer than Kastamonu, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kastamonu ranks 122nd of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 49th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Kastamonu is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 64 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
Kastamonu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 11.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.2°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 53 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 65 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 64 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 72 | 13.5 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 58 | 11.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 5.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 33 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 44 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 59 | 10.7 | 9.29 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
- Çankırı in MarchTurkey · 88 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Karabük in MarchTurkey · 98 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Bartın in MarchTurkey · 123 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Çorum in MarchTurkey · 135 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Zonguldak in MarchTurkey · 165 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in MarchTurkey · 172 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Bafra in MarchTurkey · 179 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Ankara in MarchTurkey · 180 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 53 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 Kastamonu) is explained once on the Kastamonu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.