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Ankara in March

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Ankara is cool: highs near 56°F, lows near 32°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Ankara is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 0°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
56°F13°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
11h 53mon average

Is March a good time to visit Ankara?

March sits outside Ankara's best months, which run from September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 56°F in March, against 46°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in March, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in March, against 10% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

54% cover in March, against 10% to 61% through the year.

Daylight

11h 53m in March, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February48°9°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March56°13°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April65°18°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Ankara sits, in March

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:02 AMsets 6:54 PM
Above the sea
870 mupland
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cappadocia (Göreme)222 km south-east

The land around Ankara, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Turkey in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Ankara

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ankara. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (870 m) against the climate model's (1,100 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (870 m) against the climate model's (1,100 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.