Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Aktau: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In March its highs average 10.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Aktau, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 6th of 26 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Aktau is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aktau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 14 | 4.0 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 9.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 12 | 2.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Zhanaozen in MarchKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Derbent in MarchRussia · 295 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in MarchRussia · 299 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Makhachkala in MarchRussia · 307 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MarchAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MarchRussia · 373 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MarchAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in MarchAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 21 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aktau) is explained once on the Aktau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.