Climate averages 1991–2020
Turkistan weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Turkistan: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shymkent (155 km away). In March its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Turkistan, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Turkistan ranks 2nd of 26 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Turkistan is 9.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.8°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 32 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
Turkistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 35 | 8.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 12.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 6.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 6.8 | 9.09 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
- Shymkent in MarchKazakhstan · 155 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 1.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Chirchiq in MarchUzbekistan · 230 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Tashkent in MarchUzbekistan · 239 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Taraz in MarchKazakhstan · 257 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -1.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Kyzylorda in MarchKazakhstan · 280 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MarchUzbekistan · 294 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Angren in MarchUzbekistan · 297 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Guliston in MarchUzbekistan · 314 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 Turkistan) is explained once on the Turkistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.