Climate averages 1991–2020
Almaty weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Almaty: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Karakol (147 km away). In March its highs average 3.2°C, 3.5°C cooler than Almaty, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Almaty ranks 9th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 25th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Almaty is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 138 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
Almaty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 27 | 6.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 7.8 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 6.7°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 80 | 12.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 138 | 14.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 145 | 15.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 93 | 13.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 57 | 8.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 54 | 9.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 61 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.7°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.1°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 7.2 | 9.09 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
- Karakol in MarchKyrgyzstan · 147 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -7.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in MarchKazakhstan · 228 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Qarasu in MarchChina · 301 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Huocheng in MarchChina · 331 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Sarqant in MarchKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Wensu in MarchChina · 351 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Aqsu in MarchChina · 360 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Ghulja in MarchChina · 363 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 20 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 Almaty) is explained once on the Almaty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.