Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukhara weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry 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 Bukhara: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Navoiy (88 km away). In March its highs average 15.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Bukhara, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Bukhara ranks 2nd of 28 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 14.7°C; Bukhara is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 24 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
Bukhara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 20 | 4.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 26 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 17.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 32 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 4.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 30.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 9.8 | 2.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 37.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 36.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 30.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 4.8 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 15 | 3.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 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
- Navoiy in MarchUzbekistan · 88 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 107 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Qarshi in MarchUzbekistan · 155 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in MarchUzbekistan · 157 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Samarkand in MarchUzbekistan · 217 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in MarchUzbekistan · 221 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Jizzax in MarchUzbekistan · 293 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Bayramaly in MarchTurkmenistan · 310 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 37 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 Bukhara) is explained once on the Bukhara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.