Oltiariq weather in March

In March, Oltiariq sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 8 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Oltiariq's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oltiariq's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 35 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:34 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Oltiariq is human settlement in Uzbekistan.

Founded: 1980

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 13°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Oltiariq reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 22°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)	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10

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

How March really feels in Oltiariq

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

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Oltiariq 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	6° / -1°	16	4.6	1.4	9.4	0.4
Feb	9° / 1°	24	5.3	0.7	10.4	1.9
Mar	16° / 7°	35	8	0.1	11.7	5.0
Apr	23° / 13°	37	8.1	0	13	6.9
May	30° / 18°	27	7.5	0	14.2	5.3
Jun	36° / 22°	19	5.4	0	14.8	2.5
Jul	38° / 24°	8	2.8	0	14.6	1.6
Aug	36° / 22°	6	1.8	0	13.6	2.9
Sep	30° / 17°	7	1.7	0	12.3	6.2
Oct	22° / 11°	18	4.2	0	10.9	7.9
Nov	14° / 5°	25	5.8	0.3	9.8	4.4
Dec	7° / 0°	25	5.9	0.8	9.2	1.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	39
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	64	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Oltiariq gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 8 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

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

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	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 6 km/h in March.

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours 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 84 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:30 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)	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	6:57	5:57
2	11.0	6:56	5:58
3	11.1	6:54	5:59
4	11.1	6:53	6:01
5	11.2	6:51	6:02
6	11.2	6:50	6:03
7	11.3	6:48	6:04
8	11.3	6:47	6:05
9	11.4	6:45	6:06
10	11.4	6:44	6:07
11	11.4	6:42	6:08
12	11.5	6:40	6:09
13	11.5	6:39	6:11
14	11.6	6:37	6:12
15	11.6	6:35	6:13
16	11.7	6:34	6:14
17	11.7	6:32	6:15
18	11.8	6:30	6:16
19	11.8	6:29	6:17
20	11.9	6:27	6:18
21	11.9	6:25	6:19
22	11.9	6:24	6:20
23	12.0	6:22	6:21
24	12.0	6:20	6:22
25	12.1	6:19	6:23
26	12.1	6:17	6:24
27	12.2	6:15	6:26
28	12.2	6:14	6:27
29	12.3	6:12	6:28
30	12.3	6:10	6:29
31	12.4	6:08	6:30

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.07 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	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.0	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	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

Is March a good time to visit Oltiariq?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Oltiariq for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oltiariq in March

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

In March, Oltiariq sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Oltiariq 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 Oltiariq peaks around May 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	10	9	9	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Oltiariq 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 Oltiariq is worst in May — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 19 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)	20	22	29	34	37	34	29	26	29	29	23	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	37	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Oltiariq?

Oltiariq sits at 40.4°N, 71.5°E, 463 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Rishton, 17 km away.

Topography around Oltiariq

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oltiariq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 458 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,920 m.

The land around Oltiariq is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and cropland (42%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

59 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

373 m

cropland 57%

80 km

4,920 m

cropland 36%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

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

March weather nearby: Rishton 17 km · Marg‘ilon 23 km · Kirguli 25 km · Fergana 26 km · Toshloq 27 km · Quvasoy 44 km · Qo‘qon 47 km · Quva 53 km

Uzbekistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,968; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 82%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 11.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 439
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 Oltiariq (40.3919°, 71.4742°, elevation 463 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	12	4
2	12	4
3	13	4
4	13	5
5	13	5
6	13	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	8
23	18	8
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	10
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	33	67
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	38	62
31	39	61

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1