Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Rize: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 4th 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 Batumi (115 km away). In March its highs average 12.4°C, 2.0°C warmer than Rize, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks joint 114th of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 132nd of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Rize is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 115 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
Rize climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 134 | 15.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 108 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 134 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 115 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 152 | 19.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 169 | 19.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 23.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 169 | 20.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 193 | 22.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 236 | 18.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 227 | 17.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 157 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 132 | 13.3 | 9.39 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
- Batumi in MarchGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Erzurum in MarchTurkey · 139 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Erzincan in MarchTurkey · 167 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Giresun in MarchTurkey · 180 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Kars in MarchTurkey · 221 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -6.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Ordu in MarchTurkey · 221 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Kutaisi in MarchGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 153 mm rain
- Bingöl in MarchTurkey · 238 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 138 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 Rize) is explained once on the Rize year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.