Climate averages 1991–2020
Yüksekova weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Yüksekova: daytime highs average 4.3°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month 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 Hakkâri (48 km away). In March its highs average 5.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Yüksekova, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Yüksekova ranks 137th of 138 for the warmest March highs and 135th of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Yüksekova is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Yüksekova climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 116 | 10.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 0.3°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 119 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 4.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 143 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 111 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 17.0°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 72 | 14.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 4.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.5 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 7.4 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 44 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 7.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 83 | 8.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 110 | 9.8 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Hakkâri in MarchTurkey · 48 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in MarchIran · 70 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Salmās in MarchIran · 81 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 54 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MarchIraq · 100 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Soran in MarchIraq · 105 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 169 mm rain
- Naqadeh in MarchIran · 119 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MarchIran · 123 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 0.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Khūy in MarchIran · 123 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low -0.8°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 Yüksekova) is explained once on the Yüksekova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.