Climate averages 1991–2020
Samsun weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Samsun: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months 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 Bafra (48 km away). In March its highs average 11.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Samsun, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Samsun ranks joint 87th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 107th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Samsun is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 79 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
Samsun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 82 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | 9.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 73 | 12.0 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 11.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 12.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 79 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 60 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 35 | 7.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 89 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 81 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 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
- Bafra in MarchTurkey · 48 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Ünye in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Amasya in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Fatsa in MarchTurkey · 101 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Turhal in MarchTurkey · 102 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Tokat in MarchTurkey · 109 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Ordu in MarchTurkey · 134 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Çorum in MarchTurkey · 142 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.2°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 Samsun) is explained once on the Samsun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.