Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanaozen weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Zhanaozen: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th 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 Aktau (141 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Zhanaozen, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhanaozen ranks 4th of 26 for the warmest March highs and joint 8th of 26 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 26 cities is 3.7°C; Zhanaozen is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.9°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 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
Zhanaozen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 10.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 19 | 3.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 31.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 2.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.1 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Aktau in MarchKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Türkmenbaşy in MarchTurkmenistan · 369 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Derbent in MarchRussia · 400 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MarchAzerbaijan · 404 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in MarchAzerbaijan · 405 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Baku in MarchAzerbaijan · 411 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MarchAzerbaijan · 412 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Atyrau in MarchKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -2.1°C · 16 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 Zhanaozen) is explained once on the Zhanaozen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.