Climate averages 1991–2020
Kostanay weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Kostanay: daytime highs average -1.2°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 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 Rudnyy (44 km away). In March its highs average -1.0°C, about as warm as Kostanay, with 24 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kostanay ranks joint 22nd of 26 for the warmest March highs and joint 14th of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Kostanay is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 12.2°C to 11.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 24 mm to 29 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
Kostanay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.9°C-17.3°C | -17.3°C | 17 | 5.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.9°C-16.0°C | -16.0°C | 17 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | -1.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 45 | 8.5 | 15.816 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 7.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 52 | 8.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 7.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 32 | 6.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 7.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 24 | 6.0 | 8.79 h |
| December | -8.8°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 6.2 | 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
- Rudnyy in MarchKazakhstan · 44 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.1°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Troitsk in MarchRussia · 167 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -9.2°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kopeysk in MarchRussia · 249 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -8.8°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Chelyabinsk in MarchRussia · 259 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -8.9°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in MarchRussia · 272 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -9.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Miass in MarchRussia · 306 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.3°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in MarchRussia · 307 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.8°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in MarchRussia · 319 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 23 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 Kostanay) is explained once on the Kostanay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.