Climate averages 1991–2020
Oral weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Oral: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buzuluk (180 km away). In March its highs average -0.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Oral, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Oral ranks 14th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Oral is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 12.5°C to 13.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 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
Oral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.8 | 8.48 h |
| February | -6.3°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 26 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 1.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 29 | 6.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 32 | 6.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 16.516 h |
| July | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 28 | 5.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 23 | 4.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 20.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 28 | 5.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.4°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 30 | 6.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | -4.9°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 32 | 7.7 | 8.08 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
- Buzuluk in MarchRussia · 180 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -7.4°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Chapayevsk in MarchRussia · 225 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -6.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Novokuybyshevsk in MarchRussia · 229 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -7.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Samara in MarchRussia · 235 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in MarchRussia · 261 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Balakovo in MarchRussia · 265 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tolyatti in MarchRussia · 291 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Vol’sk in MarchRussia · 293 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.3°C · 34 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 Oral) is explained once on the Oral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.