Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarsus weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tarsus: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 (25 km away). In March its highs average 16.6°C, about as warm as Tarsus, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tarsus ranks 11th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 27th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Tarsus is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 38 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
Tarsus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 89 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 38 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.5 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 27 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 65 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 117 | 8.8 | 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 · 25 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Adana in MarchTurkey · 39 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MarchTurkey · 83 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 100 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Kozan in MarchTurkey · 101 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Silifke in MarchTurkey · 104 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 105 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Niğde in MarchTurkey · 118 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 58 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 Tarsus) is explained once on the Tarsus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.