Climate averages 1991–2020
Patnos weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Patnos: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erciş (49 km away). In March its highs average 5.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Patnos, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Patnos ranks 130th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 81st of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Patnos is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Patnos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 44 | 8.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 49 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 6.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 77 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 101 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 89 | 16.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 35 | 7.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 5.7 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 49 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Erciş in MarchTurkey · 49 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Ağrı in MarchTurkey · 57 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Van in MarchTurkey · 93 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Tatvan in MarchTurkey · 95 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MarchTurkey · 111 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Iğdır in MarchTurkey · 128 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Muş in MarchTurkey · 131 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Kars in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -6.2°C · 66 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 Patnos) is explained once on the Patnos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.