Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarqant weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Sarqant: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (129 km away). In March its highs average 8.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than Sarqant, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Sarqant ranks 10th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Sarqant is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.2°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 66 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
Sarqant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 0.1°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 6.7 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 5.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 71 | 10.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 53 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | -0.3°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 8.89 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 · 129 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Qarasu in MarchChina · 140 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Huocheng in MarchChina · 169 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Bole in MarchChina · 178 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Ghulja in MarchChina · 200 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Tacheng in MarchChina · 277 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Almaty in MarchKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MarchChina · 345 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 37 mm rain
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 Sarqant) is explained once on the Sarqant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.