Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In March its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks joint 15th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 57th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Makhachkala is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 30 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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
- Kaspiysk in MarchRussia · 16 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MarchRussia · 80 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Derbent in MarchRussia · 120 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Grozny in MarchRussia · 152 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Sunzha in MarchRussia · 202 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Nazran in MarchRussia · 223 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in MarchRussia · 230 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Mingachevir in MarchAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 51 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.