Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Elista: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th 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 Volgodonsk (208 km away). In March its highs average 6.5°C, 1.2°C cooler than Elista, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks 21st of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 157th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Elista is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.0°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 35 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
Elista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 7.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 43 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 29 | 5.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 28 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 29 | 6.4 | 9.59 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 28 | 6.9 | 8.79 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
- Volgodonsk in MarchRussia · 208 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Stavropol in MarchRussia · 227 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MarchRussia · 248 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in MarchRussia · 249 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MarchRussia · 259 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Volgograd in MarchRussia · 268 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MarchRussia · 268 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Yessentuki in MarchRussia · 274 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 74 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 Elista) is explained once on the Elista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.