Climate averages 1991–2020
Mersin weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Mersin: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Tarsus (25 km away). In March its highs average 16.9°C, about as warm as Mersin, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mersin ranks joint 15th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 7th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Mersin is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 29 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
Mersin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 99 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 47 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 29 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 21 | 3.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 30 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 126 | 9.2 | 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
- Tarsus in MarchTurkey · 25 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Adana in MarchTurkey · 64 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Silifke in MarchTurkey · 79 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 94 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MarchTurkey · 107 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 120 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Kozan in MarchTurkey · 126 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Niğde in MarchTurkey · 128 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 58 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 Mersin) is explained once on the Mersin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.