Climate averages 1991–2020
Mary weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Mary: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry 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 Bayramaly (30 km away). In March its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Mary, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Turkmenistan, Mary ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 16.0°C; Mary is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 24 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
Mary climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 20 | 4.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 12.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 29 | 5.8 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 38 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 24 | 5.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 9.8 | 2.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 36.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 14.514 h |
| August | 36.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.610 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
- Bayramaly in MarchTurkmenistan · 30 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 224 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Mashhad in MarchIran · 245 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in MarchIran · 277 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Qūchān in MarchIran · 298 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 306 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in MarchIran · 310 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Maymana in MarchAfghanistan · 322 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 81 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 Mary) is explained once on the Mary year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.