Climate averages 1991–2020
Arzamas weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: 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 Arzamas: daytime highs average 0.2°C and nights cool to about -6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (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 Sarov (60 km away). In March its highs average 0.6°C, about as warm as Arzamas, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Arzamas ranks joint 115th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 84th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Arzamas is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.5°C to 9.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 41 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
Arzamas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.4°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 35 | 10.4 | 7.88 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.3°C | -11.3°C | 32 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 0.2°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 32 | 8.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 41 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.5°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 43 | 9.3 | 16.216 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 66 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 68 | 11.0 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 67 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 56 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| November | -0.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 43 | 9.9 | 8.48 h |
| December | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 40 | 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
- Sarov in MarchRussia · 60 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Dzerzhinsk in MarchRussia · 97 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Nizhniy Novgorod in MarchRussia · 104 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Murom in MarchRussia · 116 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Saransk in MarchRussia · 159 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in MarchRussia · 190 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Cheboksary in MarchRussia · 228 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -7.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in MarchRussia · 230 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 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 Arzamas) is explained once on the Arzamas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.