Climate averages 1991–2020
Balashov weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Balashov: daytime highs average 1.2°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tambov (177 km away). In March its highs average 1.5°C, about as warm as Balashov, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balashov ranks joint 68th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 168th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Balashov is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 11.3°C to 12.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 40 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
Balashov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | -4.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 35 | 8.2 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 1.2°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 40 | 8.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 9.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 45 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 8.5 | 8.99 h |
| December | -3.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 44 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Tambov in MarchRussia · 177 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Saratov in MarchRussia · 195 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Engels in MarchRussia · 203 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Penza in MarchRussia · 221 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -6.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kamyshin in MarchRussia · 226 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Michurinsk in MarchRussia · 237 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Lipetsk in MarchRussia · 273 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in MarchRussia · 275 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 38 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 Balashov) is explained once on the Balashov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.