Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiva weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Xiva: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Urganch (29 km away). In March its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Xiva, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Xiva ranks 20th of 28 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 28 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 28 cities is 14.7°C; Xiva is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 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
Xiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 9.5 | 2.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 6.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 11 | 2.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 14.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 34.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 36.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 34.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 8.6 | 2.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 4.4°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 7.5 | 1.9 | 9.29 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
- Urganch in MarchUzbekistan · 29 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Daşoguz in MarchTurkmenistan · 60 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Nukus in MarchUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in MarchUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 375 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Bukhara in MarchUzbekistan · 388 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MarchTurkmenistan · 418 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mary in MarchTurkmenistan · 440 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 6.4°C · 38 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 Xiva) is explained once on the Xiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.