Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Derbent: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (105 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Derbent, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks joint 15th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 96th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Derbent is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 26 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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 9.29 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
- Kaspiysk in MarchRussia · 105 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Makhachkala in MarchRussia · 120 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Mingachevir in MarchAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Yevlakh in MarchAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MarchRussia · 191 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Sumgayit in MarchAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Khirdalan in MarchAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Ganja in MarchAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 50 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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.