Climate averages 1991–2020
Novopolotsk weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Novopolotsk: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polotsk (13 km away). In March its highs average 3.1°C, about as warm as Novopolotsk, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Novopolotsk ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 3.9°C; Novopolotsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.9°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Novopolotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 10.9 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 3.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 64 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 76 | 12.7 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 89 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 73 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 61 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.8 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 48 | 10.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 42 | 10.2 | 7.27 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Polotsk in MarchBelarus · 13 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Vitebsk in MarchBelarus · 109 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MarchLatvia · 135 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Barysaw in MarchBelarus · 144 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in MarchRussia · 152 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Orsha in MarchBelarus · 161 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Maladziečna in MarchBelarus · 174 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Minsk in MarchBelarus · 192 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 39 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Novopolotsk) is explained once on the Novopolotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.