Climate averages 1991–2020
Cherkessk weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Cherkessk: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevinnomyssk (46 km away). In March its highs average 8.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Cherkessk, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Cherkessk ranks joint 17th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 227th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Cherkessk is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Cherkessk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.6°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 8.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 63 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 79 | 11.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 108 | 14.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 121 | 13.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 76 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 69 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 9.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 48 | 8.1 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 8.6 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Nevinnomyssk in MarchRussia · 46 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Kislovodsk in MarchRussia · 64 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Yessentuki in MarchRussia · 68 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MarchRussia · 82 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in MarchRussia · 87 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Stavropol in MarchRussia · 90 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Armavir in MarchRussia · 113 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MarchRussia · 114 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 46 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 Cherkessk) is explained once on the Cherkessk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.