Climate averages 1991–2020
Konya weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Konya: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 8th 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 Karaman (100 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Konya, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Konya ranks joint 74th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Konya is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 35 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
Konya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 39 | 7.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 29 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 34 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 35 | 8.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 34 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 5.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.9 | 1.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 29 | 4.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 39 | 7.1 | 9.610 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
- Karaman in MarchTurkey · 100 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 143 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Aksaray in MarchTurkey · 146 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Manavgat in MarchTurkey · 152 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Alanya in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Belek in MarchTurkey · 168 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 79 mm rain
- Isparta in MarchTurkey · 170 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Muratpaşa in MarchTurkey · 187 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.2°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 Konya) is explained once on the Konya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.