Sho‘rchi weather in March

In March, Sho‘rchi sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°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 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Sho‘rchi's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sho‘rchi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 10 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:48 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.34 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Sho‘rchi is city in Uzbekistan.

Founded: 1976

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 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical March day in Sho‘rchi reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°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)	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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

How March really feels in Sho‘rchi

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.

Sho‘rchi weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 0°	40	8.5	3.2	9.7	1.9
Feb	11° / 2°	55	9.7	3.1	10.5	2.7
Mar	17° / 7°	59	10	1	11.7	5.2
Apr	23° / 12°	46	7.7	0.1	13	7.1
May	29° / 17°	25	4.9	0	14	6.3
Jun	35° / 21°	5	1.4	0	14.6	3.3
Jul	37° / 22°	1	0.2	0	14.4	2.3
Aug	34° / 20°	0	0.1	0	13.5	3.9
Sep	30° / 15°	2	0.4	0	12.3	7.0
Oct	23° / 10°	8	1.9	0	11	8.7
Nov	16° / 5°	28	5.7	0.6	9.9	5.8
Dec	11° / 1°	34	6.8	1.8	9.4	2.9

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 14% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	41	42	42	42	42	41	41	42	42	42	43	42	42	43	43	43	44	43	44	44	44	44	44	43	45	44	44	44	43	44	45
Cloudier (%)	59	58	58	58	58	59	59	58	58	58	57	58	58	57	57	57	56	57	56	56	56	56	56	57	55	56	56	56	57	56	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Sho‘rchi gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 10 wet days in March, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 (%)	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	30
Snow chance (%)	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	8
2	32	8
3	31	7
4	31	7
5	31	7
6	31	6
7	31	6
8	31	5
9	32	5
10	32	4
11	33	4
12	33	4
13	33	4
14	34	4
15	34	3
16	34	3
17	34	3
18	34	3
19	34	3
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	33	2
24	33	2
25	32	2
26	32	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	30	1
30	30	1
31	30	1

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, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:10 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:44 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)	11.1	11.1	11.2	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	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:46	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:24
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:10	6:14
2	11.1	7:08	6:15
3	11.2	7:07	6:16
4	11.2	7:06	6:17
5	11.2	7:04	6:19
6	11.3	7:03	6:20
7	11.3	7:01	6:21
8	11.4	7:00	6:22
9	11.4	6:58	6:23
10	11.4	6:57	6:24
11	11.5	6:55	6:25
12	11.5	6:54	6:25
13	11.6	6:52	6:26
14	11.6	6:51	6:27
15	11.7	6:49	6:28
16	11.7	6:48	6:29
17	11.7	6:46	6:30
18	11.8	6:45	6:31
19	11.8	6:43	6:32
20	11.9	6:41	6:33
21	11.9	6:40	6:34
22	11.9	6:38	6:35
23	12.0	6:37	6:36
24	12.0	6:35	6:37
25	12.1	6:34	6:38
26	12.1	6:32	6:39
27	12.2	6:30	6:40
28	12.2	6:29	6:41
29	12.2	6:27	6:42
30	12.3	6:26	6:43
31	12.3	6:24	6:44

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.34 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Sho‘rchi?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Sho‘rchi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sho‘rchi in March

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

In March, Sho‘rchi sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Sho‘rchi in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sho‘rchi peaks around July 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	4	5	7	9	10	10	9	8	4	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Sho‘rchi 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 Sho‘rchi is worst in May — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 15 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)	15	18	26	30	33	28	28	26	29	27	21	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sho‘rchi?

Sho‘rchi sits at 38.0°N, 67.8°E, 450 m above sea level, in Uzbekistan. The nearest listed city is Denov, 31 km away.

Topography around Sho‘rchi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sho‘rchi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 446 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,784 m.

The land around Sho‘rchi is covered by cropland (53%) and artificial surfaces (43%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

cropland 53%

16 km

293 m

cropland 45%

80 km

3,784 m

grassland 69%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Sho‘rchi year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Denov 31 km · Boysun 56 km · Zarhalol 68 km · Tursunzoda 69 km · Moskovskiy 82 km · Hisor 89 km · Bokhtar 89 km · Kolkhozobod 89 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 Sho‘rchi (37.9994°, 67.7875°, elevation 450 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	13	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	4
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	15	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	18	8
22	18	8
23	18	8
24	18	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	20	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	8
2	32	8
3	31	7
4	31	7
5	31	7
6	31	6
7	31	6
8	31	5
9	32	5
10	32	4
11	33	4
12	33	4
13	33	4
14	34	4
15	34	3
16	34	3
17	34	3
18	34	3
19	34	3
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	33	2
24	33	2
25	32	2
26	32	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	30	1
30	30	1
31	30	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	8
2	32	8
3	31	7
4	31	7
5	31	7
6	31	6
7	31	6
8	31	5
9	32	5
10	32	4
11	33	4
12	33	4
13	33	4
14	34	4
15	34	3
16	34	3
17	34	3
18	34	3
19	34	3
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	33	2
24	33	2
25	32	2
26	32	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	30	1
30	30	1
31	30	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	42	58
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	42	58
11	43	57
12	42	58
13	42	58
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	44	56
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	43	57
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	8
2	32	8
3	31	7
4	31	7
5	31	7
6	31	6
7	31	6
8	31	5
9	32	5
10	32	4
11	33	4
12	33	4
13	33	4
14	34	4
15	34	3
16	34	3
17	34	3
18	34	3
19	34	3
20	34	2
21	34	2
22	34	2
23	33	2
24	33	2
25	32	2
26	32	1
27	31	1
28	31	1
29	30	1
30	30	1
31	30	1

	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