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Samarkand in March

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Samarkand is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 33°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 14 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Samarkand is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 1°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
33°F1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
11h 53mon average

Is March a good time to visit Samarkand?

March sits outside Samarkand's best months, which run in two parts: May, or October. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 59°F in March, against 47°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in March, against 8°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in March, against 3% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in March, against 4% to 59% through the year.

Daylight

11h 53m in March, against 9h 24m to 14h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February50°10°low 27°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March59°15°low 33°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April70°21°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Samarkand sits, in March

Asia/Samarkand
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:45 AMsets 6:38 PM
Above the sea
710 mupland
Latitude
39.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tashkent268 km north-east

The land around Samarkand, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Uzbekistan in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Samarkand

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Samarkand. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.