İliç Weather in March
İliç in March
The short of it: İliç in March averages a high of 10 °C (50 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 70 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 10° · low 2° · rain 70 mm · daylight 11 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & October
Thirty years of records give İliç an average March high of 10°, a low of 2° and some 70 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against February, to near 10°; nights run about 2°. Wet spells are common — about 70 mm, the 3rd wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 50 min in mid-March, 71 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 September and October.
Against its neighbours, İliç runs cooler than most and about as wet in March. Kemaliye, 22 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
March in İliç, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 6° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h