Climate averages 1991–2020
Orël weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Orël: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (85 km away). In March its highs average 2.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Orël, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orël ranks joint 52nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 157th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Orël is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.0°C to 11.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 44 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
Orël climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 8.28 h |
| February | -3.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 36 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 1.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 36 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 44 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 56 | 10.7 | 15.816 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 11.5 | 16.817 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 82 | 12.6 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 60 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 56 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 41 | 10.1 | 7.78 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in MarchRussia · 85 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Bryansk in MarchRussia · 122 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Kursk in MarchRussia · 138 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Yelets in MarchRussia · 168 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tula in MarchRussia · 170 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kaluga in MarchRussia · 174 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.8°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in MarchRussia · 187 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in MarchRussia · 212 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 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 Orël) is explained once on the Orël year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.