Climate averages 1991–2020
Mineralnye Vody weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Mineralnye Vody: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Pyatigorsk (19 km away). In March its highs average 7.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Mineralnye Vody, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Mineralnye Vody ranks joint 12th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 216th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Mineralnye Vody is 7.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 55 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
Mineralnye Vody climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 27 | 7.4 | 9.39 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 27 | 6.8 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 47 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 69 | 11.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 68 | 10.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 52 | 8.2 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 50 | 7.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 48 | 8.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 35 | 7.7 | 9.710 h |
| December | 3.5°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 32 | 7.8 | 8.99 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
- Pyatigorsk in MarchRussia · 19 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MarchRussia · 28 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Yessentuki in MarchRussia · 29 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Kislovodsk in MarchRussia · 47 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Cherkessk in MarchRussia · 87 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MarchRussia · 106 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Stavropol in MarchRussia · 130 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Nazran in MarchRussia · 171 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 55 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 Mineralnye Vody) is explained once on the Mineralnye Vody year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.