Climate averages 1991–2020
Kokshetau weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Kokshetau: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (177 km away). In March its highs average -1.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kokshetau, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kokshetau ranks joint 20th of 26 for the warmest March highs and joint 8th of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Kokshetau is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 11.5°C to 10.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 18 mm to 30 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
Kokshetau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.8°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 10 | 3.1 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | -1.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 41 | 8.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 9.1 | 16.917 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 80 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 32 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 30 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | -2.8°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 22 | 5.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 17 | 5.6 | 7.68 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
- Petropavl in MarchKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -9.5°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Astana in MarchKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -10.0°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Omsk in MarchRussia · 321 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in MarchRussia · 356 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -9.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in MarchKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.2°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Rudnyy in MarchKazakhstan · 420 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.1°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in MarchKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -10.3°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in MarchKazakhstan · 437 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 Kokshetau) is explained once on the Kokshetau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.