Malekān weather in March

In March, Malekān sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 7.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 Malekān's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malekān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
37 mm
7.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:44 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
46%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Malekān is city in East Azerbaijan 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 11°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Malekān reaches about 14°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 19°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°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 Malekān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 17 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
17
wind chill below the day's low

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

Malekān weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°255.93.19.70.4
Feb / -1°306.52.610.61.6
Mar14° / 377.90.911.74.3
Apr20° / 377.20.112.96.8
May26° / 13°215.90147.6
Jun31° / 18°41.2014.55.7
Jul35° / 21°10.5014.33.8
Aug35° / 20°10.4013.43.8
Sep30° / 15°10.3012.37.0
Oct23° / 10°112.50118.4
Nov14° / 285.30.5104.7
Dec / -1°2761.79.51.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36238
46238
56238
66139
76139
86139
96139
106139
116040
126139
136139
146139
156139
166139
176139
186139
196139
206238
216238
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246238
256238
266238
276139
286139
296139
306139
316139

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Malekān gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 7.9 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 25% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1237
2236
3236
4236
5246
6245
7245
8244
9244
10254
11253
12253
13263
14262
15262
16272
17272
18272
19272
20272
21272
22272
23272
24261
25261
26261
27251
28251
29251
30241
31241

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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3100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in March

Winds average 10 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
610calm
710calm
810calm
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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 7:06 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:40 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.17:066:12
211.17:046:13
311.27:036:14
411.27:026:15
511.37:006:16
611.36:596:17
711.36:576:18
811.46:566:19
911.46:546:20
1011.56:536:21
1111.56:526:22
1211.56:506:23
1311.66:496:24
1411.66:476:25
1511.76:466:25
1611.76:446:26
1711.76:436:27
1811.86:416:28
1911.86:406:29
2011.96:386:30
2111.96:366:31
2211.96:356:32
2312.06:336:33
2412.06:326:34
2512.16:306:35
2612.16:296:36
2712.26:276:36
2812.26:266:37
2912.26:246:38
3012.36:236:39
3112.36:216:40

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.5Bright
24.5Bright
34.6Bright
44.6Bright
54.7Bright
64.7Bright
74.7Bright
84.8Bright
94.8Bright
104.9Bright
114.9Bright
124.9Bright
135.0Bright
145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.1Bright
175.1Bright
185.2Bright
195.2Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.3Bright
235.4Bright
245.4Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Malekān?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Malekān for sightseeing.

What to pack for Malekān in March

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

In March, Malekān sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Malekān in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malekān peaks around July 13 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 13UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Malekān 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 Malekān is worst in April — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2334 µg/m³Aug 1622 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May34Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Malekān?

Malekān sits at 37.1°N, 46.1°E, 1,299 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Mīāndoāb, 20 km away.

Topography around Malekān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malekān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 1,299 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 648 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,426 m.

The land around Malekān is covered by grassland (43%), cropland (29%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
648 m
80 km
2,426 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Mīāndoāb 20 km · Bonāb 22 km · Marāgheh 30 km · Ajab Shīr 42 km · Mahābād 54 km · Shāhīn Dezh 66 km · Naqadeh 67 km · Āz̄arshahr 69 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 Malekān (37.1426°, 46.1035°, elevation 1,299 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).