Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirov weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Kirov: daytime highs average -1.6°C and nights cool to about -7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirovo-Chepetsk (22 km away). In March its highs average -1.5°C, about as warm as Kirov, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kirov ranks joint 193rd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 190th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Kirov is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.4°C to 6.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 39 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
Kirov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.2°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 38 | 10.9 | 7.17 h |
| February | -8.4°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 30 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| March, selected | -1.6°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 39 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.8°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 8.9 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 10.6 | 16.817 h |
| June | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 70 | 12.4 | 18.218 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 11.7 | 17.618 h |
| August | 19.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 66 | 11.2 | 15.415 h |
| September | 13.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 56 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 5.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 68 | 12.4 | 10.310 h |
| November | -2.6°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 47 | 10.8 | 7.98 h |
| December | -7.2°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 44 | 11.9 | 6.56 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
- Kirovo-Chepetsk in MarchRussia · 22 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Glazov in MarchRussia · 182 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.8°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Yoshkar-Ola in MarchRussia · 242 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -7.1°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Izhevsk in MarchRussia · 286 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -7.7°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Novocheboksarsk in MarchRussia · 306 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -7.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Votkinsk in MarchRussia · 309 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Cheboksary in MarchRussia · 310 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -7.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Zelenodolsk in MarchRussia · 314 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -7.1°C · 35 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 Kirov) is explained once on the Kirov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.