Climate averages 1991–2020
Baikonur weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Baikonur: daytime highs average 8.3°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kyzylorda (192 km away). In March its highs average 9.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Baikonur, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Baikonur ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Baikonur is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.5°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 16 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
Baikonur climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 9.5 | 3.0 | 9.19 h |
| February | -0.8°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 8.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 17 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 16 | 3.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 3.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 32.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 6.0 | 1.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.5°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 8.5 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 14 | 3.3 | 9.510 h |
| December | -2.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 13 | 3.5 | 8.89 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
- Kyzylorda in MarchKazakhstan · 192 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Zhezqazghan in MarchKazakhstan · 413 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -7.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in MarchUzbekistan · 457 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Nukus in MarchUzbekistan · 460 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Turkistan in MarchKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Daşoguz in MarchTurkmenistan · 499 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Urganch in MarchUzbekistan · 501 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Xiva in MarchUzbekistan · 527 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 16 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 Baikonur) is explained once on the Baikonur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.