Altay weather in March

In March, Altay sees average daytime highs of 0°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -4°C in the first days to 5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Altay's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Altay's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 0°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: -11°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 47 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:46 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 6th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Altay is town in Kazakhstan.

Founded: 1791

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -4°C in the first days to 5°C by the end.

A typical March day in Altay reaches about 0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 8°C warmer than February and about 11°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6
Avg low (°C)	-16	-16	-16	-15	-15	-15	-15	-14	-14	-14	-13	-13	-13	-12	-12	-12	-11	-11	-10	-10	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	-6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-4	-16
2	-4	-16
3	-4	-16
4	-3	-15
5	-3	-15
6	-3	-15
7	-3	-15
8	-2	-14
9	-2	-14
10	-2	-14
11	-2	-13
12	-1	-13
13	-1	-13
14	-1	-12
15	0	-12
16	0	-12
17	0	-11
18	1	-11
19	1	-10
20	2	-10
21	2	-9
22	2	-9
23	3	-9
24	3	-8
25	3	-8
26	4	-7
27	4	-7
28	5	-7
29	5	-6
30	5	-6
31	6	-6

How March really feels in Altay

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

20 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Altay weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-12° / -21°	49	9.3	10.3	8.4	0.0
Feb	-8° / -19°	41	8.2	9	9.8	0.0
Mar	0° / -11°	47	8.4	8.1	11.5	0.0
Apr	11° / -2°	66	9.7	3.6	13.5	2.8
May	18° / 5°	77	9.9	0.7	15.1	6.0
Jun	23° / 11°	82	10.5	0	16	6.8
Jul	25° / 13°	103	12.1	0	15.7	6.7
Aug	23° / 10°	76	9.3	0	14.2	7.3
Sep	18° / 4°	68	8	0.4	12.4	5.9
Oct	9° / -2°	85	11.2	5.6	10.5	1.8
Nov	-2° / -11°	83	11.1	11.1	8.8	0.0
Dec	-10° / -18°	70	11.8	13.3	8	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	49	49	49	50	50	50	49	49	50	49	50	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	50	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	48	48
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	50	50	50	51	51	50	51	50	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Altay gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30
Snow chance (%)	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	28
2	25	28
3	25	28
4	25	27
5	25	27
6	25	28
7	25	28
8	26	28
9	26	29
10	27	29
11	28	30
12	28	30
13	29	30
14	29	30
15	29	30
16	29	29
17	29	29
18	29	28
19	29	28
20	29	27
21	29	26
22	29	25
23	29	25
24	29	24
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	30	21
31	30	21

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 4 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 36 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 114 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:18 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:43 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:02	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:13
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:32	6:33	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:40	6:41	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.6	7:18	5:54
2	10.7	7:16	5:56
3	10.7	7:14	5:58
4	10.8	7:12	5:59
5	10.8	7:10	6:01
6	10.9	7:08	6:03
7	11.0	7:06	6:04
8	11.0	7:04	6:06
9	11.1	7:02	6:07
10	11.2	6:59	6:09
11	11.2	6:57	6:11
12	11.3	6:55	6:12
13	11.4	6:53	6:14
14	11.4	6:51	6:16
15	11.5	6:49	6:17
16	11.5	6:46	6:19
17	11.6	6:44	6:20
18	11.7	6:42	6:22
19	11.7	6:40	6:24
20	11.8	6:38	6:25
21	11.9	6:35	6:27
22	11.9	6:33	6:28
23	12.0	6:31	6:30
24	12.0	6:29	6:32
25	12.1	6:27	6:33
26	12.2	6:24	6:35
27	12.2	6:22	6:36
28	12.3	6:20	6:38
29	12.4	6:18	6:40
30	12.4	6:15	6:41
31	12.5	6:13	6:43

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Altay?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Altay.

What to pack for Altay in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Altay sees daytime highs around 0°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Altay in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Altay peaks around July 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	7	6	7	7	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Altay in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Altay is worst in April — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	10	13	18	11	8	10	9	9	10	8	4
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	4	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Altay?

Altay sits at 49.7°N, 84.3°E, 460 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Ridder, 86 km away.

Topography around Altay

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Altay.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Altay has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m around an average of 505 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 908 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,387 m.

The land around Altay is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (46%), cropland (27%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

264 m

trees 43%

16 km

908 m

grassland 46%

80 km

2,387 m

grassland 52%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermoss and lichen

← February Altay year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Ridder 86 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 121 km · Shemonaikha 194 km · Kalbatau 199 km · Gornyak 242 km · Zaysan 256 km · Gorno-Altaysk 274 km · Mayma 277 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $14,692; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 92%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.6; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 417
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Altay (49.7363°, 84.2542°, elevation 460 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-4	-16
2	-4	-16
3	-4	-16
4	-3	-15
5	-3	-15
6	-3	-15
7	-3	-15
8	-2	-14
9	-2	-14
10	-2	-14
11	-2	-13
12	-1	-13
13	-1	-13
14	-1	-12
15	0	-12
16	0	-12
17	0	-11
18	1	-11
19	1	-10
20	2	-10
21	2	-9
22	2	-9
23	3	-9
24	3	-8
25	3	-8
26	4	-7
27	4	-7
28	5	-7
29	5	-6
30	5	-6
31	6	-6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	28
2	25	28
3	25	28
4	25	27
5	25	27
6	25	28
7	25	28
8	26	28
9	26	29
10	27	29
11	28	30
12	28	30
13	29	30
14	29	30
15	29	30
16	29	29
17	29	29
18	29	28
19	29	28
20	29	27
21	29	26
22	29	25
23	29	25
24	29	24
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-4	-16
2	-4	-16
3	-4	-16
4	-3	-15
5	-3	-15
6	-3	-15
7	-3	-15
8	-2	-14
9	-2	-14
10	-2	-14
11	-2	-13
12	-1	-13
13	-1	-13
14	-1	-12
15	0	-12
16	0	-12
17	0	-11
18	1	-11
19	1	-10
20	2	-10
21	2	-9
22	2	-9
23	3	-9
24	3	-8
25	3	-8
26	4	-7
27	4	-7
28	5	-7
29	5	-6
30	5	-6
31	6	-6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	28
2	25	28
3	25	28
4	25	27
5	25	27
6	25	28
7	25	28
8	26	28
9	26	29
10	27	29
11	28	30
12	28	30
13	29	30
14	29	30
15	29	30
16	29	29
17	29	29
18	29	28
19	29	28
20	29	27
21	29	26
22	29	25
23	29	25
24	29	24
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-4	-16
2	-4	-16
3	-4	-16
4	-3	-15
5	-3	-15
6	-3	-15
7	-3	-15
8	-2	-14
9	-2	-14
10	-2	-14
11	-2	-13
12	-1	-13
13	-1	-13
14	-1	-12
15	0	-12
16	0	-12
17	0	-11
18	1	-11
19	1	-10
20	2	-10
21	2	-9
22	2	-9
23	3	-9
24	3	-8
25	3	-8
26	4	-7
27	4	-7
28	5	-7
29	5	-6
30	5	-6
31	6	-6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	50	50
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	49	51
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	28
2	25	28
3	25	28
4	25	27
5	25	27
6	25	28
7	25	28
8	26	28
9	26	29
10	27	29
11	28	30
12	28	30
13	29	30
14	29	30
15	29	30
16	29	29
17	29	29
18	29	28
19	29	28
20	29	27
21	29	26
22	29	25
23	29	25
24	29	24
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100