Climate averages 1991–2020
Shymkent weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Shymkent: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chirchiq (94 km away). In March its highs average 12.9°C, about as warm as Shymkent, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Shymkent ranks 1st of 26 for the warmest March highs and 26th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Shymkent is 9.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Shymkent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 69 | 10.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 6.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 79 | 10.4 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 85 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 94 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 64 | 9.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 29.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 27 | 5.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 32.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.7 | 1.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 10 | 2.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 68 | 9.7 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Chirchiq in MarchUzbekistan · 94 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Tashkent in MarchUzbekistan · 121 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Angren in MarchUzbekistan · 151 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Turkistan in MarchKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Taraz in MarchKazakhstan · 159 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MarchUzbekistan · 163 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Chust in MarchUzbekistan · 199 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Guliston in MarchUzbekistan · 213 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 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 Shymkent) is explained once on the Shymkent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.