Shymkent weather in March

In March, Shymkent sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 85 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 10°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Shymkent's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shymkent's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 85 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:42 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Shymkent is city in Kazakhstan.

Density: 3,458/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1101

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 10°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical March day in Shymkent reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 7°C warmer than February and about 7°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)	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6

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

How March really feels in Shymkent

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 13 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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Shymkent weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -5°	70	10.8	6.7	9.3	0.0
Feb	6° / -3°	79	10.3	5	10.3	0.6
Mar	13° / 3°	85	11.6	2.2	11.6	3.5
Apr	20° / 9°	94	11.4	0.3	13.1	6.1
May	25° / 14°	64	9.1	0	14.4	7.1
Jun	31° / 18°	27	5.5	0	15	5.5
Jul	33° / 20°	12	2.6	0	14.8	4.4
Aug	32° / 18°	8	1.4	0	13.7	5.2
Sep	27° / 13°	10	2	0	12.3	8.1
Oct	20° / 7°	35	5.1	0.3	10.8	7.2
Nov	12° / 2°	63	8.5	2.1	9.6	3.1
Dec	6° / -3°	68	9.4	5	9	0.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	39	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	61	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Shymkent gets around 85 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 2 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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39
Snow chance (%)	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	14
2	37	13
3	37	13
4	37	13
5	37	12
6	37	12
7	37	11
8	38	11
9	38	10
10	38	10
11	38	9
12	38	9
13	38	8
14	38	8
15	38	7
16	38	7
17	38	6
18	38	5
19	38	5
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	3
23	37	3
24	37	2
25	37	2
26	37	2
27	38	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

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 8 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:38 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:52	7:51	7:49	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:15
Sunset (PM)	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	8:07	7:03
2	11.0	8:05	7:04
3	11.0	8:04	7:05
4	11.1	8:02	7:06
5	11.1	8:01	7:07
6	11.2	7:59	7:09
7	11.2	7:57	7:10
8	11.3	7:56	7:11
9	11.3	7:54	7:12
10	11.4	7:52	7:14
11	11.4	7:51	7:15
12	11.5	7:49	7:16
13	11.5	7:47	7:17
14	11.5	7:45	7:18
15	11.6	7:44	7:19
16	11.6	7:42	7:21
17	11.7	7:40	7:22
18	11.7	7:38	7:23
19	11.8	7:37	7:24
20	11.8	7:35	7:25
21	11.9	7:33	7:26
22	11.9	7:31	7:28
23	12.0	7:29	7:29
24	12.0	7:28	7:30
25	12.1	7:26	7:31
26	12.1	7:24	7:32
27	12.2	7:22	7:33
28	12.2	7:21	7:35
29	12.3	7:19	7:36
30	12.3	7:17	7:37
31	12.4	7:15	7:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.09 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)	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Shymkent

In seasonPeak

In March, Shymkent sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Shymkent's rainy season runs November–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Shymkent?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Shymkent.

What to pack for Shymkent in March

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

In March, Shymkent sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Shymkent in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shymkent peaks around June 12 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	5	8	8	7	8	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Shymkent 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 Shymkent is worst in May — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 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)	14	16	22	23	24	21	20	18	20	21	16	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Shymkent?

Shymkent sits at 42.3°N, 69.6°E, 520 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Aksu, 22 km away.

Topography around Shymkent

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shymkent has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 524 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 387 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,913 m.

The land around Shymkent is covered by artificial surfaces (87%) within 3 km, cropland (52%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

98 m

artificial surfaces 87%

16 km

387 m

cropland 52%

80 km

3,913 m

grassland 60%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Aksu 22 km · Lenger 27 km · Turar Ryskulov 66 km · Arys 66 km · Iskandar 84 km · G‘azalkent 85 km · Chirchiq 94 km · Saryaghash 101 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 Shymkent (42.3099°, 69.6004°, elevation 520 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	9	0
2	10	0
3	10	0
4	10	0
5	10	1
6	11	1
7	11	1
8	11	1
9	11	1
10	12	2
11	12	2
12	12	2
13	12	2
14	13	2
15	13	3
16	13	3
17	13	3
18	14	3
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	15	4
22	15	4
23	15	5
24	15	5
25	16	5
26	16	5
27	16	5
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	17	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	14
2	37	13
3	37	13
4	37	13
5	37	12
6	37	12
7	37	11
8	38	11
9	38	10
10	38	10
11	38	9
12	38	9
13	38	8
14	38	8
15	38	7
16	38	7
17	38	6
18	38	5
19	38	5
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	3
23	37	3
24	37	2
25	37	2
26	37	2
27	38	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	14
2	37	13
3	37	13
4	37	13
5	37	12
6	37	12
7	37	11
8	38	11
9	38	10
10	38	10
11	38	9
12	38	9
13	38	8
14	38	8
15	38	7
16	38	7
17	38	6
18	38	5
19	38	5
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	3
23	37	3
24	37	2
25	37	2
26	37	2
27	38	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	37	63
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	14
2	37	13
3	37	13
4	37	13
5	37	12
6	37	12
7	37	11
8	38	11
9	38	10
10	38	10
11	38	9
12	38	9
13	38	8
14	38	8
15	38	7
16	38	7
17	38	6
18	38	5
19	38	5
20	38	4
21	38	4
22	37	3
23	37	3
24	37	2
25	37	2
26	37	2
27	38	2
28	38	2
29	38	2
30	39	2
31	39	2

	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