Climate averages 1991–2020
Qŭnghirot 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 Qŭnghirot: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 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 Nukus (90 km away). In March its highs average 12.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Qŭnghirot, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Qŭnghirot ranks 27th of 28 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 14.7°C; Qŭnghirot is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 20 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
Qŭnghirot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 9.6 | 2.3 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 11.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.0 | 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
- Nukus in MarchUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Daşoguz in MarchTurkmenistan · 163 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Urganch in MarchUzbekistan · 222 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Xiva in MarchUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Baikonur in MarchKazakhstan · 457 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 17 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in MarchKazakhstan · 486 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Balkanabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 542 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 568 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 Qŭnghirot) is explained once on the Qŭnghirot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.