Climate averages 1991–2020
Polatlı weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Polatlı: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (62 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Polatlı, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Polatlı ranks joint 74th 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; Polatlı is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 38 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
Polatlı climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 7.8°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 38 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 12.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 47 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 38 | 8.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 36 | 7.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 9.1 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 31 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 43 | 8.2 | 9.49 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
- Gölbaşı in MarchTurkey · 62 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Ankara in MarchTurkey · 72 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in MarchTurkey · 121 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Bolu in MarchTurkey · 137 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Eskişehir in MarchTurkey · 140 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Düzce in MarchTurkey · 163 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Afyonkarahisar in MarchTurkey · 165 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Çankırı in MarchTurkey · 169 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.0°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 Polatlı) is explained once on the Polatlı year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.