Climate averages 1991–2020
Dushanbe weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th 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 Dushanbe: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bokhtar (78 km away). In March its highs average 17.4°C, 3.9°C warmer than Dushanbe, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Dushanbe ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 14.1°C; Dushanbe is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 141 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
Dushanbe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 80 | 11.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 111 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 13.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 135 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 141 | 14.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 120 | 14.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 38 | 8.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 13 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 5.2 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 11 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 67 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 8.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 72 | 10.5 | 9.510 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
- Bokhtar in MarchTajikistan · 78 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Denov in MarchUzbekistan · 82 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Kŭlob in MarchTajikistan · 112 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Istaravshan in MarchTajikistan · 154 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in MarchUzbekistan · 178 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Bekobod in MarchUzbekistan · 192 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Jizzax in MarchUzbekistan · 196 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Tirmiz in MarchUzbekistan · 197 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 39 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 Dushanbe) is explained once on the Dushanbe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.