Climate averages 1991–2020
Niğde weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Niğde: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th 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 Aksaray (73 km away). In March its highs average 12.2°C, 2.8°C warmer than Niğde, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Niğde ranks 121st of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 28th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Niğde is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 63 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
Niğde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 63 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 47 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 9.4 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 36 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 48 | 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
- Aksaray in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Nevşehir in MarchTurkey · 73 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 75 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Kayseri in MarchTurkey · 110 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Kozan in MarchTurkey · 115 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Tarsus in MarchTurkey · 118 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Adana in MarchTurkey · 123 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Mersin in MarchTurkey · 128 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 47 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 Niğde) is explained once on the Niğde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.