Climate averages 1991–2020
Semey weather
in March.
A cold 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 cold month in Semey: daytime highs average 0.6°C and nights cool to about -9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 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 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubtsovsk (139 km away). In March its highs average -0.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Semey, with 25 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Semey ranks 16th 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; Semey is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 13.0°C to 13.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 21 mm to 23 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
Semey 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-19.5°C | -19.5°C | 16 | 5.0 | 8.59 h |
| February | -7.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 21 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 23 | 5.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 6.8 | 16.416 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 9.8 | 16.016 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 24 | 6.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 28 | 6.8 | 9.19 h |
| December | -7.6°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 22 | 7.0 | 8.18 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
- Rubtsovsk in MarchRussia · 139 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -10.1°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in MarchKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -10.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in MarchKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.9°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in MarchKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -9.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in MarchRussia · 405 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -10.5°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Biysk in MarchRussia · 415 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -9.4°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in MarchChina · 455 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Karagandy in MarchKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.1°C · 25 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 Semey) is explained once on the Semey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.