Climate averages 1991–2020
Mardin weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Mardin: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Kızıltepe (20 km away). In March its highs average 16.3°C, 3.6°C warmer than Mardin, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mardin ranks 63rd 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; Mardin is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 48 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
Mardin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 70 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 67 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 65 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 48 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 31 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 31.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 2.6 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 36.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.514 h |
| August | 35.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 22 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 41 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 65 | 8.6 | 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
- Kızıltepe in MarchTurkey · 20 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in MarchSyria · 52 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Midyat in MarchTurkey · 54 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Bismil in MarchTurkey · 60 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Batman in MarchTurkey · 72 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MarchTurkey · 88 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MarchSyria · 90 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 44 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 Mardin) is explained once on the Mardin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.