Bījār weather in March

In March, Bījār sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 52 mm of precipitation across 9.7 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 8°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Bījār's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bījār's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 52 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:38 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Bījār is city in Kurdistan Province, Iran.

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical March day in Bījār reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14
Avg low (°C)	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-3
2	8	-3
3	8	-3
4	9	-3
5	9	-2
6	9	-2
7	9	-2
8	10	-2
9	10	-2
10	10	-2
11	10	-2
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	11	-1
15	11	-1
16	11	-1
17	11	-1
18	11	-1
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	12	0
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	1
26	13	1
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	14	1
31	14	2

How March really feels in Bījār

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bījār 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -7°	37	7.6	7.3	9.8	0.0
Feb	5° / -6°	40	8	6.5	10.6	0.2
Mar	11° / -1°	52	9.7	4.2	11.7	2.7
Apr	17° / 4°	53	10.6	0.8	12.9	5.4
May	23° / 9°	34	8.2	0	13.9	7.3
Jun	30° / 14°	5	1.3	0	14.4	6.6
Jul	34° / 17°	2	0.6	0	14.2	4.1
Aug	33° / 16°	1	0.3	0	13.4	4.4
Sep	28° / 12°	2	0.6	0	12.2	7.8
Oct	21° / 7°	24	4.6	0	11.1	7.8
Nov	12° / 1°	42	7.2	1.7	10.1	3.4
Dec	6° / -4°	36	7.1	5.4	9.6	0.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	63	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	58	58	58	58	59	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58
Cloudier (%)	37	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	42	42	42	42	41	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Bījār gets around 52 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Snow chance (%)	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	19
2	30	18
3	30	17
4	29	17
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	15
8	29	14
9	30	14
10	30	14
11	30	14
12	31	14
13	31	14
14	32	14
15	32	14
16	33	14
17	33	14
18	33	14
19	34	14
20	34	13
21	34	13
22	34	13
23	33	13
24	33	13
25	33	12
26	33	12
27	33	11
28	33	11
29	33	10
30	33	10
31	33	9

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 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 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:17	6:16
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	6:58	6:07
2	11.2	6:57	6:08
3	11.2	6:56	6:09
4	11.3	6:54	6:10
5	11.3	6:53	6:11
6	11.3	6:52	6:12
7	11.4	6:50	6:13
8	11.4	6:49	6:14
9	11.4	6:48	6:15
10	11.5	6:46	6:15
11	11.5	6:45	6:16
12	11.6	6:43	6:17
13	11.6	6:42	6:18
14	11.6	6:41	6:19
15	11.7	6:39	6:20
16	11.7	6:38	6:21
17	11.8	6:36	6:22
18	11.8	6:35	6:23
19	11.8	6:33	6:23
20	11.9	6:32	6:24
21	11.9	6:30	6:25
22	12.0	6:29	6:26
23	12.0	6:27	6:27
24	12.0	6:26	6:28
25	12.1	6:24	6:29
26	12.1	6:23	6:29
27	12.1	6:21	6:30
28	12.2	6:20	6:31
29	12.2	6:18	6:32
30	12.3	6:17	6:33
31	12.3	6:16	6:34

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Bījār?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bījār.

What to pack for Bījār in March

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

In March, Bījār sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bījār 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 Bījār peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	5	7	9	11	11	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Bījār 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 Bījār is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	21	28	31	32	25	23	21	22	23	19	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bījār?

Bījār sits at 35.9°N, 47.6°E, 1,929 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Dīvāndarreh, 53 km away.

Topography around Bījār

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bījār has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m around an average of 2,009 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 929 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,723 m.

The land around Bījār is covered by grassland (50%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

520 m

grassland 50%

16 km

929 m

cropland 69%

80 km

1,723 m

cropland 63%

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← February Bījār year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Dīvāndarreh 53 km · Takāb 74 km · Qorveh 80 km · Sanandaj 82 km · Qīdar 93 km · Zanjan 120 km · Sonqor 121 km · Kabūdarāhang 125 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

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 Bījār (35.8668°, 47.6051°, elevation 1,929 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-3
2	8	-3
3	8	-3
4	9	-3
5	9	-2
6	9	-2
7	9	-2
8	10	-2
9	10	-2
10	10	-2
11	10	-2
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	11	-1
15	11	-1
16	11	-1
17	11	-1
18	11	-1
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	12	0
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	1
26	13	1
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	14	1
31	14	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	19
2	30	18
3	30	17
4	29	17
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	15
8	29	14
9	30	14
10	30	14
11	30	14
12	31	14
13	31	14
14	32	14
15	32	14
16	33	14
17	33	14
18	33	14
19	34	14
20	34	13
21	34	13
22	34	13
23	33	13
24	33	13
25	33	12
26	33	12
27	33	11
28	33	11
29	33	10
30	33	10
31	33	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-3
2	8	-3
3	8	-3
4	9	-3
5	9	-2
6	9	-2
7	9	-2
8	10	-2
9	10	-2
10	10	-2
11	10	-2
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	11	-1
15	11	-1
16	11	-1
17	11	-1
18	11	-1
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	12	0
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	1
26	13	1
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	14	1
31	14	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	19
2	30	18
3	30	17
4	29	17
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	15
8	29	14
9	30	14
10	30	14
11	30	14
12	31	14
13	31	14
14	32	14
15	32	14
16	33	14
17	33	14
18	33	14
19	34	14
20	34	13
21	34	13
22	34	13
23	33	13
24	33	13
25	33	12
26	33	12
27	33	11
28	33	11
29	33	10
30	33	10
31	33	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	-3
2	8	-3
3	8	-3
4	9	-3
5	9	-2
6	9	-2
7	9	-2
8	10	-2
9	10	-2
10	10	-2
11	10	-2
12	10	-1
13	10	-1
14	11	-1
15	11	-1
16	11	-1
17	11	-1
18	11	-1
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	12	0
22	12	0
23	12	0
24	12	0
25	12	1
26	13	1
27	13	1
28	13	1
29	13	1
30	14	1
31	14	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	19
2	30	18
3	30	17
4	29	17
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	15
8	29	14
9	30	14
10	30	14
11	30	14
12	31	14
13	31	14
14	32	14
15	32	14
16	33	14
17	33	14
18	33	14
19	34	14
20	34	13
21	34	13
22	34	13
23	33	13
24	33	13
25	33	12
26	33	12
27	33	11
28	33	11
29	33	10
30	33	10
31	33	9

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100