Climate averages 1991–2020
Polotsk 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 Polotsk: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Novopolotsk (13 km away). In March its highs average 3.0°C, about as warm as Polotsk, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Polotsk ranks joint 12th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 3.9°C; Polotsk is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 46 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
Polotsk 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 | 43 | 10.8 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.0°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 3.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 75 | 12.3 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 13.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 73 | 11.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 61 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.0°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 43 | 10.5 | 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
- Novopolotsk in MarchBelarus · 13 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Vitebsk in MarchBelarus · 96 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Barysaw in MarchBelarus · 141 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in MarchRussia · 145 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MarchLatvia · 148 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Orsha in MarchBelarus · 150 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Maladziečna in MarchBelarus · 179 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Minsk in MarchBelarus · 193 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 Polotsk) is explained once on the Polotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.