Maḩallāt weather in March

In March, Maḩallāt sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 7.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 Maḩallāt's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maḩallāt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
8th warmest
Overnight low
5th coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:26 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
45%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Maḩallāt is city in Markazi 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 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Maḩallāt reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1121
2131
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4132
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7142
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10143
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31176

How March really feels in Maḩallāt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 9 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
9
wind chill below the day's low

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

Maḩallāt weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°2564.1101.0
Feb10° / -1°256.3310.72.4
Mar15° / 377.31.311.74.8
Apr20° / 3170.212.86.9
May26° / 14°164.8013.77.7
Jun32° / 19°20.7014.25.1
Jul35° / 21°10.20143.3
Aug34° / 19°00.1013.34.0
Sep30° / 15°10.2012.26.9
Oct23° / 10°102.8011.18.4
Nov14° / 234.90.710.25.0
Dec10° / -1°245.82.49.82.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17129
27030
36931
46832
56832
66634
76535
86535
96436
106436
116436
126436
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296436
306436
316337

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Maḩallāt gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 7.3 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 24% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1227
2226
3226
4236
5236
6236
7235
8235
9235
10235
11245
12245
13244
14244
15244
16244
17244
18244
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21243
22243
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26243
27243
28243
29253
30252
31252

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 (%)
1100
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Wind in March

Winds average 9 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 6:45 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:22 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:455:58
211.26:445:58
311.36:435:59
411.36:426:00
511.36:406:01
611.46:396:02
711.46:386:03
811.56:366:04
911.56:356:04
1011.56:346:05
1111.66:326:06
1211.66:316:07
1311.66:306:08
1411.76:286:08
1511.76:276:09
1611.76:266:10
1711.86:246:11
1811.86:236:12
1911.86:226:12
2011.96:206:13
2111.96:196:14
2212.06:176:15
2312.06:166:15
2412.06:156:16
2512.16:136:17
2612.16:126:18
2712.16:106:19
2812.26:096:19
2912.26:086:20
3012.26:066:21
3112.36:056:22

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.0Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.2Bright
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115.3Bright
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135.3Bright
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155.4Bright
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275.9Bright
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295.9Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Maḩallāt?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Maḩallāt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maḩallāt in March

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

In March, Maḩallāt sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Maḩallāt in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maḩallāt peaks around July 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 20UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Maḩallāt 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 Maḩallāt is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 25 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1939 µg/m³Aug 1825 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr39Poor
May37Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maḩallāt?

Maḩallāt sits at 33.9°N, 50.5°E, 1,751 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Delījān, 23 km away.

Topography around Maḩallāt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maḩallāt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 1,788 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,637 m.

The land around Maḩallāt is covered by bare terrain (63%) within 3 km, bare terrain (77%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) within 80 km.

3 km
559 m
16 km
1,336 m
80 km
2,637 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
March weather nearby: Delījān 23 km · Khomeyn 46 km · Golpāyegān 53 km · Arāk 73 km · Karahrūd 76 km · Khānsār 78 km · Shahrak-e Pardīsān 79 km · Qom 90 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 Maḩallāt (33.9111°, 50.4532°, elevation 1,751 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).