Climate averages 1991–2020
Kursk weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kursk: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (89 km away). In March its highs average 2.4°C, about as warm as Kursk, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kursk ranks 46th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 196th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Kursk is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.8°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 44 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
Kursk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 41 | 9.6 | 8.48 h |
| February | -3.1°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 37 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 40 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 44 | 8.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 63 | 11.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 54 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.6 | 8.99 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 39 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in MarchRussia · 89 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Gubkin in MarchRussia · 106 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Staryy Oskol in MarchRussia · 124 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Belgorod in MarchRussia · 128 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Sumy in MarchUkraine · 132 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Orël in MarchRussia · 138 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Yelets in MarchRussia · 187 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Shostka in MarchUkraine · 187 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.8°C · 39 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 Kursk) is explained once on the Kursk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.