Climate averages 1991–2020
Vitebsk weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Vitebsk: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -4.1°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 driest month 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 Orsha (76 km away). In March its highs average 2.7°C, about as warm as Vitebsk, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Vitebsk ranks 17th 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; Vitebsk is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.2°C to 11.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 44 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
Vitebsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 44 | 11.3 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 41 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 2.8°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 66 | 12.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 | 12.2 | 17.317 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 13.6 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 76 | 11.6 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 64 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 62 | 11.5 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 51 | 10.5 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.5°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 45 | 11.0 | 7.37 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
- Orsha in MarchBelarus · 76 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Polotsk in MarchBelarus · 96 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in MarchBelarus · 109 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Smolensk in MarchRussia · 126 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in MarchRussia · 130 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Mahilyow in MarchBelarus · 143 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Barysaw in MarchBelarus · 153 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Minsk in MarchBelarus · 223 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 Vitebsk) is explained once on the Vitebsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.