Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Petropavl: daytime highs average -1.7°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In March its highs average -1.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Petropavl, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks joint 25th of 26 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Petropavl is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.7°C to 9.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 21 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
Petropavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 15 | 5.1 | 7.98 h |
| February | -9.6°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 14 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | -1.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 39 | 8.0 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 55 | 10.2 | 17.217 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 14.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 38 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.7°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.8 | 8.58 h |
| December | -9.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 21 | 6.7 | 7.37 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
- Kokshetau in MarchKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -9.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in MarchRussia · 250 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -9.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Omsk in MarchRussia · 270 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -10.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Tyumen in MarchRussia · 339 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -9.4°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in MarchRussia · 372 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in MarchRussia · 374 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -9.8°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in MarchKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.2°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Astana in MarchKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -10.0°C · 20 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 Petropavl) is explained once on the Petropavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.