Climate averages 1991–2020
Lipetsk weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Lipetsk: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 2nd 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 Yelets (70 km away). In March its highs average 1.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Lipetsk, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Lipetsk ranks joint 60th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 168th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Lipetsk is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.8°C to 12.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 41 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
Lipetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.8°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 39 | 9.5 | 8.28 h |
| February | -4.4°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 35 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 1.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 8.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 49 | 8.9 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 56 | 10.4 | 16.817 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 57 | 10.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 47 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 52 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 8.89 h |
| December | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 9.3 | 7.78 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
- Yelets in MarchRussia · 70 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Michurinsk in MarchRussia · 72 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in MarchRussia · 105 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Tambov in MarchRussia · 128 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in MarchRussia · 179 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Staryy Oskol in MarchRussia · 185 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Gubkin in MarchRussia · 200 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Tula in MarchRussia · 220 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 36 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 Lipetsk) is explained once on the Lipetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.