Climate averages 1991–2020
Silifke weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Silifke: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Mersin (79 km away). In March its highs average 16.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Silifke, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silifke ranks joint 2nd of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 21st of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Silifke is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 50 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
Silifke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 68 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 56 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 50 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 58 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 9.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 25 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 61 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 119 | 9.4 | 9.710 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
- Mersin in MarchTurkey · 79 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Tarsus in MarchTurkey · 104 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Karaman in MarchTurkey · 110 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 127 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Adana in MarchTurkey · 141 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Nicosia in MarchCyprus · 144 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Larnaca in MarchCyprus · 164 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Alanya in MarchTurkey · 174 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 94 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 Silifke) is explained once on the Silifke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.