Climate averages 1991–2020
Ust-Kamenogorsk weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Ust-Kamenogorsk: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 3rd 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 Semey (175 km away). In March its highs average 0.6°C, about as warm as Ust-Kamenogorsk, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Ust-Kamenogorsk ranks 15th of 26 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 26 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Ust-Kamenogorsk is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 11.7°C to 12.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 48 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
Ust-Kamenogorsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 32 | 8.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | -6.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 29 | 7.0 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 0.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 36 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 8.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 52 | 8.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 65 | 11.1 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 43 | 7.0 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 37 | 6.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 50 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.0°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | -6.9°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 46 | 10.5 | 8.28 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
- Semey in MarchKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -9.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Rubtsovsk in MarchRussia · 198 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -10.1°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Biysk in MarchRussia · 337 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -9.4°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in MarchChina · 360 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Barnaul in MarchRussia · 385 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -10.5°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Jinshanlu in MarchChina · 468 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Pavlodar in MarchKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.9°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Karamay in MarchChina · 517 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 5.9 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk) is explained once on the Ust-Kamenogorsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.