Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktobe weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Aktobe: daytime highs average -0.6°C and nights cool to about -8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novotroitsk (129 km away). In March its highs average -0.9°C, about as warm as Aktobe, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktobe ranks 18th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Aktobe is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 13.0°C to 12.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Aktobe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.9°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 26 | 7.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | -7.7°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | -0.6°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 32 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 36 | 7.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 36 | 7.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 35 | 6.6 | 15.916 h |
| August | 27.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 22 | 4.4 | 14.515 h |
| September | 20.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 32 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 27 | 6.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.4°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.18 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Novotroitsk in MarchRussia · 129 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -8.9°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Orsk in MarchRussia · 139 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -9.0°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in MarchRussia · 222 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Salavat in MarchRussia · 356 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -8.2°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Ishimbay in MarchRussia · 361 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in MarchRussia · 368 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.8°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Sterlitamak in MarchRussia · 383 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -7.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Beloretsk in MarchRussia · 417 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -9.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
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 Aktobe) is explained once on the Aktobe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.