Climate averages 1991–2020
Murmansk weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: 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 freezing month in Murmansk: daytime highs average -3.2°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (550 km away). In March its highs average -1.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Murmansk, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Murmansk ranks 220th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 57th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Murmansk is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 2.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 27 mm to 33 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
Murmansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.3°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 24 | 7.8 | 2.12 h |
| February | -8.0°C-13.0°C | -13.0°C | 20 | 6.6 | 7.47 h |
| March, selected | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 27 | 8.1 | 11.612 h |
| April | 2.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 33 | 9.3 | 15.916 h |
| May | 7.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 12.4 | 21.421 h |
| June | 12.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 65 | 12.5 | 24.024 h, midnight sun: no sunset |
| July | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 23.423 h |
| August | 14.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 62 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| September | 9.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| October | 2.4°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 9.29 h |
| November | -3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 29 | 8.2 | 4.54 h |
| December | -5.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 27 | 8.7 | 0.00 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
- Oulu in MarchFinland · 550 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Severodvinsk in MarchRussia · 572 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -8.2°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Arkhangel’sk in MarchRussia · 590 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -8.3°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Luleå in MarchSweden · 601 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.1°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in MarchFinland · 718 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in MarchFinland · 724 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in MarchRussia · 1013 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Moscow in MarchRussia · 1487 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 33 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 Murmansk) is explained once on the Murmansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.