Climate averages 1991–2020
Silopi weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Silopi: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaxo (22 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Silopi, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silopi ranks 34th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 116th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Silopi is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 75 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
Silopi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 105 | 10.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 105 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 33 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 38.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 28 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 62 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 98 | 9.5 | 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
- Zaxo in MarchIraq · 22 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Cizre in MarchTurkey · 26 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Sumayl in MarchIraq · 55 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Simele in MarchIraq · 55 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Dihok in MarchIraq · 63 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Sīnah in MarchIraq · 70 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Siirt in MarchTurkey · 89 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Midyat in MarchTurkey · 101 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 106 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 Silopi) is explained once on the Silopi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.