Uludağ (Uludağ) weather in March

A local's single sentence does more than any average: "usually March is cold and rainy and surprisingly snowy… yesterday morning it was snowy and -1°C, but it was sunny and 10°C in the afternoon." That is March in Istanbul — the swing happens inside one day, not across the month. The working range given is 5–15°C, and the packing advice is "same as the UK. Bring layers. It won't be hot," with the reassurance that heavy clothing isn't needed. Anyone booking March hoping for spring sunshine should read the thread's other note: one traveller had exactly that hope and was disappointed. Our record is consistent and adds a detail the posts don't — 10.8°C days, 3.9cm of snow, and 23 kph average wind, which on a strait between two seas is what makes 10°C feel like 8°C.

Uludağ's forum calls January reliably snowy and cold, good for first-time skiers thanks to plentiful instructors and easy equipment hire. Regulars are honest that snow conditions can't be predicted far in advance — the standard advice is to decide which slopes to ski a day or two out rather than booking blind — and that late January, coinciding with school holidays, brings peak prices.