Climate averages 1991–2020
Orsk weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Orsk: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novotroitsk (13 km away). In March its highs average -0.9°C, about as warm as Orsk, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orsk ranks joint 152nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 70th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Orsk is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 12.9°C to 12.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 29 mm to 35 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
Orsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.6°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 23 | 6.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.1°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 23 | 5.7 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | -0.8°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 35 | 6.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 7.6 | 15.516 h |
| June | 26.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 29 | 6.1 | 16.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 16.116 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 29 | 5.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 21 | 4.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 31 | 6.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 25 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| December | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 25 | 6.7 | 8.08 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
- Novotroitsk in MarchRussia · 13 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -8.9°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Aktobe in MarchKazakhstan · 139 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in MarchRussia · 242 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Magnitogorsk in MarchRussia · 243 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -9.8°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Salavat in MarchRussia · 296 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -8.2°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Ishimbay in MarchRussia · 297 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -8.0°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Beloretsk in MarchRussia · 304 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -9.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Sterlitamak in MarchRussia · 318 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -7.8°C · 39 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 Orsk) is explained once on the Orsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.