Silvan weather in March

In March, Silvan sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 126 mm of precipitation across 13 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 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 Silvan's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Silvan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
126 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:35 AM – 5:16 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
4.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Silvan is town of Diyarbakır, Turkey.

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 15°C by the end.

A typical March day in Silvan reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 5°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Silvan

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.

Silvan 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°12511.16.19.70.4
Feb / -2°11511.25.510.51.2
Mar13° / 126131.811.73.4
Apr18° / 10812.60.1135.6
May25° / 12°578.80147.1
Jun32° / 17°72.1014.65.1
Jul37° / 22°10.3014.42.2
Aug37° / 21°10.2013.52.3
Sep32° / 16°61012.35.7
Oct24° / 11°474.90117.9
Nov15° / 817.40.69.95.0
Dec / -0°12110.82.99.41.4

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34951
44951
54951
64951
74951
85050
94951
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114951
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Silvan gets around 126 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1419
2408
3408
4407
5407
6406
7406
8406
9406
10416
11416
12416
13416
14416
15426
16426
17426
18426
19426
20436
21436
22436
23436
24445
25445
26445
27444
28444
29444
30443
31443

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 7 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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287calm
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307calm
317calm

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 5:57 AM to 5:11 AM, and sunset from 5:01 PM to 5:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.15:575:01
211.15:565:02
311.25:545:03
411.25:535:04
511.25:515:06
611.35:505:07
711.35:485:08
811.45:475:09
911.45:455:10
1011.45:445:11
1111.55:425:12
1211.55:415:13
1311.65:395:14
1411.65:385:14
1511.75:365:15
1611.75:355:16
1711.75:335:17
1811.85:325:18
1911.85:305:19
2011.95:295:20
2111.95:275:21
2211.95:255:22
2312.05:245:23
2412.05:225:24
2512.15:215:25
2612.15:195:26
2712.25:175:27
2812.25:165:28
2912.25:145:29
3012.35:135:30
3112.35:115:31

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.8Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
54.0Moderate
64.0Bright
74.0Bright
84.1Bright
94.1Bright
104.2Bright
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134.3Bright
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274.8Bright
284.9Bright
294.9Bright
304.9Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Silvan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Silvan?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
0.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Silvan.

What to pack for Silvan in March

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

In March, Silvan sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Silvan in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Silvan peaks around June 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 highHighModerateJun 16UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Silvan 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 Silvan is worst in May — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1026 µg/m³Jul 2017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Silvan?

Silvan sits at 38.1°N, 41.0°E, 810 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Batman, 30 km away.

Topography around Silvan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Silvan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m around an average of 874 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 954 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,499 m.

The land around Silvan is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
456 m
16 km
954 m
80 km
2,499 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Batman 30 km · Kulp 40 km · Kozluk 41 km · Bismil 45 km · Lice 48 km · Kurtalan 64 km · Diyarbakır 74 km · Muş 78 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$18,599
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 488
Religion
Muslim 100%other 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 Silvan (38.1371°, 41.0082°, elevation 810 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).