Ābdānān weather in March

In March, Ābdānān sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 122 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Ābdānān's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ābdānān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
122 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:38 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
44%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Ābdānān is city in Ilam Province, Iran.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical March day in Ābdānān reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Ābdānān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ābdānān weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 12710.41.410.13.0
Feb13° / 1059.60.810.83.9
Mar18° / 1229.50.111.76.0
Apr23° / 12°918.4012.87.3
May31° / 17°213.6013.75.7
Jun37° / 21°10.3014.11.9
Jul40° / 24°00.10140.1
Aug40° / 24°00013.20.2
Sep36° / 19°10.3012.23.1
Oct28° / 15°373.5011.27.1
Nov19° / 1037.8010.36.5
Dec14° / 12190.49.94.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Ābdānān gets around 122 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 31% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1302
2292
3292
4291
5301
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9300
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
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116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
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206calm
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:576:11
211.36:556:11
311.36:546:12
411.36:536:13
511.46:526:14
611.46:506:15
711.46:496:15
811.56:486:16
911.56:476:17
1011.56:456:18
1111.66:446:19
1211.66:436:19
1311.66:426:20
1411.76:406:21
1511.76:396:22
1611.76:386:22
1711.86:366:23
1811.86:356:24
1911.96:346:25
2011.96:326:25
2111.96:316:26
2212.06:296:27
2312.06:286:28
2412.06:276:28
2512.16:256:29
2612.16:246:30
2712.16:236:31
2812.26:216:31
2912.26:206:32
3012.26:196:33
3112.36:176:33

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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44.9Bright
54.9Bright
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Ābdānān

In seasonPeak

In March, Ābdānān sits inside its rainy season and dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ābdānān's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ābdānān sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season
Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Ābdānān?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Ābdānān for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ābdānān in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Ābdānān sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ābdānān in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ābdānān peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ābdānān in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ābdānān is worst in April — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 26 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 2142 µg/m³Nov 2326 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar39Poor
Apr42Poor
May41Poor
Jun35Poor
Jul35Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ābdānān?

Ābdānān sits at 33.0°N, 47.4°E, 889 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Darreh Shahr, 17 km away.

KhorramabadAndīmeshkDezful

Topography around Ābdānān

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ābdānān.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ābdānān has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m around an average of 973 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,800 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,758 m.

The land around Ābdānān is covered by grassland (45%) and bare terrain (34%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and bare terrain (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
674 m
16 km
1,800 m
80 km
2,758 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Darreh Shahr 17 km · Poldokhtar 32 km · Dehlorān 36 km · Kūhdasht 63 km · ‘Alī al Gharbī 90 km · Khorramabad 103 km · Andīmeshk 105 km · Dezful 115 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 352% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,924
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
94%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2014
Road deaths
21.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 492
Religion
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ābdānān (32.9926°, 47.4198°, elevation 889 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).