Climate averages 1991–2020
Nukus weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th 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 Nukus: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 11th 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 Daşoguz (75 km away). In March its highs average 13.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Nukus, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Nukus ranks joint 25th of 28 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 14.7°C; Nukus is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.4°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 18 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
Nukus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 4.7°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.19 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
- Daşoguz in MarchTurkmenistan · 75 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in MarchUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Urganch in MarchUzbekistan · 132 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Xiva in MarchUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Baikonur in MarchKazakhstan · 460 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Bukhara in MarchUzbekistan · 503 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 504 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 512 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 61 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 Nukus) is explained once on the Nukus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.