Climate averages 1991–2020
Balqash weather
in March.
A cold month with very little 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 cold month in Balqash: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes March a month with very little precipitation (the joint 8th 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 Taldykorgan (332 km away). In March its highs average 8.2°C, 6.8°C warmer than Balqash, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Balqash ranks 13th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Balqash is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.8°C to 11.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 14 mm to 11 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
Balqash 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-14.0°C | -14.0°C | 10 | 3.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.5°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 9.9 | 3.3 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 1.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 11 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 10 | 3.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 1.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 16 | 4.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 13 | 3.5 | 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
- Taldykorgan in MarchKazakhstan · 332 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Karagandy in MarchKazakhstan · 357 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.1°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in MarchKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -10.3°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Sarqant in MarchKazakhstan · 412 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Almaty in MarchKazakhstan · 427 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Qarasu in MarchChina · 515 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Taraz in MarchKazakhstan · 523 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Ekibastuz in MarchKazakhstan · 543 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -9.4°C · 16 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 Balqash) is explained once on the Balqash year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.