Climate averages 1991–2020
Kızıltepe weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Kızıltepe: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mardin (20 km away). In March its highs average 12.7°C, 3.6°C cooler than Kızıltepe, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kızıltepe ranks joint 19th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 31st of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Kızıltepe is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 42 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
Kızıltepe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 68 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 42 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 22 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 63 | 8.8 | 9.710 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
- Mardin in MarchTurkey · 20 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in MarchSyria · 60 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Midyat in MarchTurkey · 72 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Bismil in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MarchSyria · 78 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MarchTurkey · 87 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Batman in MarchTurkey · 92 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 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 Kızıltepe) is explained once on the Kızıltepe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.