Climate averages 1991–2020
Muğla weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Muğla: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a 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 Nazilli (78 km away). In March its highs average 17.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Muğla, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Muğla ranks joint 42nd of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 124th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Muğla is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 90 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
Muğla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 159 | 12.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 137 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 26 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 79 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 124 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 153 | 12.0 | 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
- Nazilli in MarchTurkey · 78 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Aydın in MarchTurkey · 84 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Merkezefendi in MarchTurkey · 88 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Denizli in MarchTurkey · 89 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Salihli in MarchTurkey · 142 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Turgutlu in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 78 mm rain
- İzmir in MarchTurkey · 171 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Bornova in MarchTurkey · 172 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 83 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 Muğla) is explained once on the Muğla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.