Climate averages 1991–2020
Tartu weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Tartu: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pskov (113 km away). In March its highs average 2.6°C, about as warm as Tartu, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Estonia, Tartu ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 2.1°C; Tartu is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 39 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
Tartu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 40 | 10.4 | 7.27 h |
| February | -2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March, selected | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 35 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 9.6 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 53 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 19.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 84 | 13.1 | 18.218 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 12.3 | 17.518 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 50 | 10.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 8.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| November | 2.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 50 | 10.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -0.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 44 | 10.8 | 6.57 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
- Pskov in MarchRussia · 113 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Tallinn in MarchEstonia · 163 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Riga in MarchLatvia · 223 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Helsinki in MarchFinland · 223 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Vantaa in MarchFinland · 233 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Espoo in MarchFinland · 235 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in MarchRussia · 236 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in MarchRussia · 246 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
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 Tartu) is explained once on the Tartu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.