Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsha weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Orsha: daytime highs average 2.7°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mahilyow (67 km away). In March its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Orsha, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Orsha ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 3.9°C; Orsha is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 45 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
Orsha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 41 | 10.2 | 7.98 h |
| February | -2.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 39 | 9.8 | 9.710 h |
| March, selected | 2.7°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 69 | 11.8 | 16.016 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 | 11.9 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 13.2 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 73 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.1°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 47 | 9.9 | 8.59 h |
| December | -1.6°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 40 | 10.0 | 7.47 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
- Mahilyow in MarchBelarus · 67 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Vitebsk in MarchBelarus · 76 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Smolensk in MarchRussia · 110 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in MarchBelarus · 127 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Polotsk in MarchBelarus · 150 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in MarchBelarus · 161 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Bobruysk in MarchBelarus · 171 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Zhlobin in MarchBelarus · 182 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°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 Orsha) is explained once on the Orsha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.