Shiraz weather in March

In March, Shiraz sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 7.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Shiraz's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shiraz's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 75 mm; 7.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:16 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Shiraz is city in Fars Province, Iran.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 25.2 µg/m³ · 2020
Density: 5,208/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~2000 BCE

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 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical March day in Shiraz reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18
Avg low (°C)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6

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

How March really feels in Shiraz

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Shiraz 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	10° / -1°	98	7.4	3	10.3	2.4
Feb	12° / 1°	71	6.9	1.1	10.9	3.5
Mar	16° / 4°	75	7.5	0.2	11.8	5.5
Apr	21° / 9°	36	5.8	0	12.7	7.4
May	28° / 14°	8	2.2	0	13.5	7.6
Jun	33° / 19°	0	0.1	0	13.9	4.6
Jul	35° / 21°	1	0.2	0	13.7	3.3
Aug	34° / 20°	1	0.3	0	13.1	4.0
Sep	31° / 17°	1	0.2	0	12.2	6.4
Oct	25° / 12°	3	1	0	11.3	9.0
Nov	17° / 6°	34	4.1	0	10.5	6.7
Dec	12° / 2°	69	5.2	0.8	10.1	4.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	71	71	72	72	71	70	69	69	69
Cloudier (%)	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	28	28	29	30	31	31	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Shiraz gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 7.5 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 24% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25

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

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 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 54 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:12 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)	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:33	5:53
2	11.4	6:32	5:54
3	11.4	6:31	5:54
4	11.4	6:30	5:55
5	11.4	6:29	5:56
6	11.5	6:28	5:56
7	11.5	6:27	5:57
8	11.5	6:26	5:58
9	11.6	6:24	5:58
10	11.6	6:23	5:59
11	11.6	6:22	6:00
12	11.7	6:21	6:00
13	11.7	6:20	6:01
14	11.7	6:19	6:02
15	11.7	6:17	6:02
16	11.8	6:16	6:03
17	11.8	6:15	6:04
18	11.8	6:14	6:04
19	11.9	6:13	6:05
20	11.9	6:11	6:05
21	11.9	6:10	6:06
22	12.0	6:09	6:07
23	12.0	6:08	6:07
24	12.0	6:06	6:08
25	12.1	6:05	6:08
26	12.1	6:04	6:09
27	12.1	6:03	6:10
28	12.1	6:01	6:10
29	12.2	6:00	6:11
30	12.2	5:59	6:11
31	12.2	5:58	6:12

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.62 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.8 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)	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	6.0	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Shiraz?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Shiraz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shiraz in March

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

In March, Shiraz sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Shiraz in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shiraz peaks around July 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 9 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	7	8	8	10	11	12	12	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Shiraz 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 Shiraz is worst in April — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 20 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Shiraz's WHO annual average of 25.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	26	31	34	31	24	27	21	20	22	21	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Shiraz?

Shiraz sits at 29.6°N, 52.5°E, 1,545 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Shahr-e Ṣadrā, 21 km away.

Topography around Shiraz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shiraz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 1,540 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,314 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,586 m.

The land around Shiraz is covered by artificial surfaces (93%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

85 m

artificial surfaces 93%

16 km

1,314 m

grassland 41%

80 km

2,586 m

grassland 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Shahr-e Ṣadrā 21 km · Zarqān 26 km · Marvdasht 39 km · Kavār 48 km · Sarvestān 77 km · Sa‘ādat Shahr 78 km · Arsanjān 82 km · Kāzerūn 85 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 Shiraz (29.6103°, 52.5311°, elevation 1,545 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	14	2
2	14	3
3	14	3
4	14	3
5	14	3
6	14	3
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	4
11	15	4
12	15	4
13	15	4
14	15	4
15	16	4
16	16	4
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	17	5
25	17	5
26	17	5
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	18	6
31	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	75	25
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	71	29
28	70	30
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	69	31

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

	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