Climate averages 1991–2020
Samandağ weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Samandağ: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Antakya (22 km away). In March its highs average 18.0°C, about as warm as Samandağ, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Samandağ ranks 1st of 138 for the warmest March highs and 115th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Samandağ is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 76 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
Samandağ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 131 | 13.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 116 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 103 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 76 | 9.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 45 | 7.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 6.3 | 2.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 6.5 | 2.7 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 26 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 51 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 124 | 11.5 | 9.810 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
- Antakya in MarchTurkey · 22 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 38 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- İskenderun in MarchTurkey · 59 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Idlib in MarchSyria · 61 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Latakia in MarchSyria · 63 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MarchTurkey · 106 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Aleppo in MarchSyria · 107 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MarchTurkey · 113 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 112 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 Samandağ) is explained once on the Samandağ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.