Climate averages 1991–2020
Achinsk weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Achinsk: daytime highs average -2.5°C and nights cool to about -11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Krasnoyarsk (153 km away). In March its highs average -1.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Achinsk, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Achinsk ranks joint 208th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 23rd of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Achinsk is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.0°C to 6.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 23 mm to 37 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
Achinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -14.3°C-20.6°C | -20.6°C | 18 | 6.0 | 7.68 h |
| February | -10.5°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 16 | 5.3 | 9.510 h |
| March, selected | -2.5°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 23 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.5°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 37 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| May | 14.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 53 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 64 | 12.5 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 58 | 10.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 20.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 12.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 60 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 4.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 51 | 12.4 | 10.510 h |
| November | -5.4°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 42 | 11.5 | 8.38 h |
| December | -11.5°C-18.1°C | -18.1°C | 33 | 9.5 | 7.07 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
- Krasnoyarsk in MarchRussia · 153 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -11.4°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in MarchRussia · 187 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -11.2°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in MarchRussia · 253 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -11.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in MarchRussia · 276 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -9.3°C · 9.5 mm precipitation
- Anzhero-Sudzhensk in MarchRussia · 278 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -10.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Abakan in MarchRussia · 290 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -9.2°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Kemerovo in MarchRussia · 293 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -9.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in MarchRussia · 296 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -9.6°C · 13 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 Achinsk) is explained once on the Achinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.