Climate averages 1991–2020
Novorossiysk weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Novorossiysk: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 9th 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 Krasnodar (102 km away). In March its highs average 10.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Novorossiysk, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Novorossiysk ranks 9th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 218th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Novorossiysk is 8.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 43 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
Novorossiysk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 6.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 46 | 8.6 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 9.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 49 | 8.6 | 15.516 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 38 | 6.5 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 41 | 6.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 63 | 10.4 | 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
- Krasnodar in MarchRussia · 102 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Kerch in MarchUkraine · 123 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Maykop in MarchRussia · 186 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Sochi in MarchRussia · 201 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Yeysk in MarchRussia · 222 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Adler in MarchRussia · 225 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Kropotkin in MarchRussia · 234 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Berdyansk in MarchUkraine · 237 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 40 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 Novorossiysk) is explained once on the Novorossiysk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.