Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhniy Novgorod weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Nizhniy Novgorod: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 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 47 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dzerzhinsk (35 km away). In March its highs average 0.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nizhniy Novgorod, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 129th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 84th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Nizhniy Novgorod is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.3°C to 9.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 38 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
Nizhniy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.8°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 36 | 10.3 | 7.68 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 31 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| March, selected | -0.3°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 32 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| May | 17.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 9.8 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 11.5 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 10.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 44 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| December | -4.9°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 41 | 10.4 | 7.07 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
- Dzerzhinsk in MarchRussia · 35 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Arzamas in MarchRussia · 104 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -6.5°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Murom in MarchRussia · 149 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Sarov in MarchRussia · 159 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in MarchRussia · 165 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in MarchRussia · 168 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in MarchRussia · 200 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Cheboksary in MarchRussia · 202 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -7.2°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 Nizhniy Novgorod) is explained once on the Nizhniy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.