Climate averages 1991–2020
Zonguldak weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Zonguldak: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey (36 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Zonguldak, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Zonguldak ranks joint 82nd of 138 for the warmest March highs and joint 81st of 138 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 138 cities is 12.5°C; Zonguldak is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 47 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
Zonguldak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 97 | 13.9 | 9.510 h |
| February | 9.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 77 | 12.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 11.8°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 77 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 50 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 5.5 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 50 | 5.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 82 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 101 | 10.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 90 | 10.5 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 107 | 13.8 | 9.29 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
- Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey in MarchTurkey · 36 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Bartın in MarchTurkey · 50 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Karabük in MarchTurkey · 75 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Bolu in MarchTurkey · 81 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Düzce in MarchTurkey · 86 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Adapazarı in MarchTurkey · 138 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 95 mm rain
- Kastamonu in MarchTurkey · 165 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 65 mm rain
- İzmit in MarchTurkey · 174 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 97 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 Zonguldak) is explained once on the Zonguldak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.