Average Sunshine in Turkey for March

The tables below give March averages for the amount of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout Turkey.

The cities are grouped for each region of the country: Marmara Region, Aegean Turkey, Mediterranean Turkey, Black Sea Turkey, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia.

The averages are for the number of hours a day with sun and the total hours of sun in March. The month's data are based on weather measurements made from 1991 to 2020.

Marmara Region

Hours of sunshine in March
Place Day Month
Balikesir 4.4 136
Bursa 4.0 124
Çanakkale 5.3 164
Edirne 4.2 130
İstanbul 4.8 149
İzmit (Kocaeli) 4.3 133
Sakarya (Adapazari) 4.0 124

Aegean Turkey

March sunshine averages (hours)
Place Day Month
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) 4.9 152
Aydin 5.2 161
İzmir 6.6 205
Manisa 4.7 146
Muğla 5.2 161

Mediterranean Turkey

Average March sun
Place Day Month
Adana 5.9 183
Antalya 6.5 202
Hatay (Antakya) 6.0 186
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) 5.3 164
Mersin (İçel) 6.8 211

Black Sea Turkey

Total hours of sun on average
Place Day Month
Bolu 3.8 118
Ordu 3.2 99
Rize 3.7 115
Samsun 3.9 121
Sinop 3.8 118
Trabzon 3.2 99
Zonguldak 3.5 109

Central Anatolia

Average hours of sunshine in March
Place Day Month
Ankara 4.8 149
Eskişehir 5.4 167
Kayseri 4.7 146
Konya 6.3 195
Nevşehir 5.3 164

Eastern Anatoli

March sunshine averages in hours
Place Day Month
Elâzığ 4.9 152
Erzurum 5.0 155
Kars 5.3 164
Van 6.5 202

Southeastern Anatolia

Number of sunny hours on average
Place Day Month
Diyarbakır 5.6 174
Gaziantep 5.3 164
Mardin 6.2 192
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) 6.1 189
Reference

T.C. ÇEVRE, ŞEHİRCİLİK VE İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ BAKANLIĞI. Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. Resmi İstatistikler. İllere Ait Mevsim Normalleri (1991-2020).

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