Climate averages 1991–2020
Bokhtar weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Bokhtar: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dushanbe (78 km away). In March its highs average 13.6°C, 3.9°C cooler than Bokhtar, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Bokhtar ranks 1st of 7 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 14.1°C; Bokhtar is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 51 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
Bokhtar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 57 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 17.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 63 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 51 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 29.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 34 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 35.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 36.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 37 | 6.7 | 9.610 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
- Dushanbe in MarchTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 135 mm rain
- Kŭlob in MarchTajikistan · 89 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Denov in MarchUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Kunduz in MarchAfghanistan · 123 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Khanabad in MarchAfghanistan · 132 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MarchUzbekistan · 149 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Baghlān in MarchAfghanistan · 190 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Mazār-e Sharīf in MarchAfghanistan · 194 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 47 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 Bokhtar) is explained once on the Bokhtar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.