Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnodar weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Krasnodar: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Maykop (101 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, about as warm as Krasnodar, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnodar ranks joint 3rd of 236 for the warmest March highs and 226th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Krasnodar is 9.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 52 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
Krasnodar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 63 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 48 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 10.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 66 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 63 | 9.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 7.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 37 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 42 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 59 | 8.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 66 | 10.3 | 8.89 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
- Maykop in MarchRussia · 101 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MarchRussia · 102 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Kropotkin in MarchRussia · 132 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Armavir in MarchRussia · 168 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Sochi in MarchRussia · 172 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Yeysk in MarchRussia · 191 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Adler in MarchRussia · 195 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Kerch in MarchUkraine · 199 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 35 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 Krasnodar) is explained once on the Krasnodar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.