Climate averages 1991–2020
Istaravshan 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 Istaravshan: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bekobod (41 km away). In March its highs average 15.2°C, 5.8°C warmer than Istaravshan, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Tajikistan, Istaravshan ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 14.1°C; Istaravshan is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 100 mm to 115 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
Istaravshan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 50 | 8.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 71 | 10.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 100 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 115 | 13.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 77 | 12.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 28 | 6.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 3.0 | 14.715 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 8.1 | 2.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 13 | 2.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 59 | 7.7 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 53 | 9.0 | 9.49 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
- Bekobod in MarchUzbekistan · 41 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Khujand in MarchTajikistan · 67 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Guliston in MarchUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Jizzax in MarchUzbekistan · 103 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Olmaliq in MarchUzbekistan · 115 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Konibodom in MarchTajikistan · 129 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Isfara in MarchTajikistan · 140 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Beshariq in MarchUzbekistan · 148 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 29 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 Istaravshan) is explained once on the Istaravshan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.