Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterhof weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Peterhof: daytime highs average 0.2°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 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 45 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Petersburg (24 km away). In March its highs average 0.3°C, about as warm as Peterhof, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Peterhof ranks joint 115th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 168th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Peterhof is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 7.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 39 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
Peterhof climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 43 | 11.7 | 6.87 h |
| February | -3.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 34 | 9.3 | 9.19 h |
| March, selected | 0.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 39 | 8.9 | 14.515 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 17.117 h |
| June | 17.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 64 | 10.6 | 18.719 h |
| July | 20.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 62 | 10.2 | 18.018 h |
| August | 18.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| September | 13.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 63 | 11.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| November | 2.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 13.3 | 7.68 h |
| December | -1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 53 | 12.8 | 6.16 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
- Saint Petersburg in MarchRussia · 24 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in MarchRussia · 34 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in MarchRussia · 36 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in MarchRussia · 41 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in MarchRussia · 111 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in MarchFinland · 161 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -5.5°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in MarchRussia · 170 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in MarchFinland · 207 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -5.8°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 Peterhof) is explained once on the Peterhof year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.