Upper Dir Weather in March
Upper Dir in March
The short of it: Upper Dir in March averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 106 mm (4.2 in) of rain and about 11 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 6° · rain 106 mm · daylight 11 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: October & November
Thirty years of records give Upper Dir an average March high of 18°, a low of 6° and some 106 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 18°; nights run about 6°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 106 mm.
The sun is up for about 11 h 52 min in mid-March, 60 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and November.
Against its neighbours, Upper Dir runs cooler than most and drier than most in March. Kakad Wari Dir Upper, 29 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
March in Upper Dir, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kakad Wari Dir UpperKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 29 km SE | 19° | 6° | 109 mm |
| ThalKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 45 km NE | 10° | -1° | 77 mm |
| Batwar SalarzaiKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 46 km SW | 16° | 5° | 123 mm |
| ĀsmārKunar | 51 km WSW | 19° | 7° | 108 mm |
| Dursh KhelaKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 57 km ESE | 19° | 7° | 101 mm |
| KharKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 61 km SSW | 21° | 8° | 95 mm |
| MingoraKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 65 km SE | 21° | 8° | 96 mm |
| Bat KhelaKhyber Pakhtunkhwa | 66 km S | 20° | 8° | 90 mm |