Climate averages 1991–2020
Samarkand weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Samarkand: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet 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 Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri (66 km away). In March its highs average 14.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Samarkand, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Samarkand ranks 22nd of 28 for the warmest March highs and 26th of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 14.7°C; Samarkand is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 96 mm to 91 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
Samarkand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 57 | 10.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 8.5°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 77 | 10.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 13.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 96 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 10.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 55 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 15 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.2 | 1.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 5.6 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 50 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.1°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 53 | 8.9 | 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
- Kattaqo’rg’on Shahri in MarchUzbekistan · 66 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Shahrisabz in MarchUzbekistan · 67 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Jizzax in MarchUzbekistan · 91 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Qarshi in MarchUzbekistan · 134 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Navoiy in MarchUzbekistan · 143 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Denov in MarchUzbekistan · 174 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Istaravshan in MarchTajikistan · 177 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Guliston in MarchUzbekistan · 180 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 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 Samarkand) is explained once on the Samarkand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.