Çukurca Weather in March
Çukurca in March
The short of it: Çukurca in March averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 135 mm (5.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 51 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 135 mm · daylight 11 h 51 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Çukurca an average March high of 11°, a low of 2° and some 135 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 11°; nights run about 2°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 135 mm. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 51 min in mid-March, 65 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Çukurca runs warmer than most and about as wet in March. Gündeş, 16 km to the WNW, is 3° cooler by day.
March in Çukurca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GündeşHakkâri | 16 km WNW | 8° | 1° | 129 mm |
| HetiteDuhok | 17 km SSE | 10° | 2° | 136 mm |
| Dêrelûk Devera NihêliyaDuhok | 22 km S | 16° | 6° | 142 mm |
| TaşbaşıHakkâri | 22 km NW | 7° | 0° | 124 mm |
| ÇığlıHakkâri | 23 km WNW | 7° | -1° | 122 mm |
| HetitDuhok | 25 km SSE | 16° | 6° | 146 mm |
| Taxa CheyaDuhok | 27 km SSE | 16° | 6° | 143 mm |
| ShelādizDuhok | 28 km SSE | 16° | 6° | 143 mm |