Climate averages 1991–2020
Atyrau weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Atyrau: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -2.1°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 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Astrakhan (305 km away). In March its highs average 7.9°C, 2.1°C warmer than Atyrau, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Atyrau ranks 11th 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; Atyrau is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.1°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 22 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
Atyrau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 15 | 4.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 5.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 24.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 5.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 15.516 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 2.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | -0.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 8.69 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
- Astrakhan in MarchRussia · 305 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Aktau in MarchKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in MarchKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Oral in MarchKazakhstan · 462 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.5°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Aktobe in MarchKazakhstan · 526 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Volzhsky in MarchRussia · 561 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Orenburg in MarchRussia · 568 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Makhachkala in MarchRussia · 574 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 27 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 Atyrau) is explained once on the Atyrau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.