Climate averages 1991–2020

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky weather
in March.

A freezing month with heavy precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -3.4°C Daytime mean, March

Average low -9.7°C Night-time mean, March

Precipitation 114 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a freezing month in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: daytime highs average -3.4°C and nights cool to about -9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 114 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes March a month with heavy precipitation (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ranks 221st of 236 for the warmest March highs and 235th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 0.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 114 mm to 96 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-9.0°C-13.9°C	-13.9°C	115	12.4	8.28 h
February	-7.1°C-13.1°C	-13.1°C	92	10.4	9.810 h
March, selected	-3.4°C-9.7°C	-9.7°C	114	11.6	11.812 h
April	0.8°C-5.2°C	-5.2°C	96	10.1	13.914 h
May	5.3°C-1.1°C	-1.1°C	68	9.0	15.816 h
June	11.6°C4.3°C	4.3°C	63	9.9	16.817 h
July	15.8°C9.0°C	9.0°C	72	9.9	16.416 h
August	16.0°C9.6°C	9.6°C	106	10.9	14.815 h
September	12.5°C6.0°C	6.0°C	108	10.9	12.713 h
October	5.7°C0.3°C	0.3°C	139	12.5	10.711 h
November	-2.0°C-7.4°C	-7.4°C	135	11.7	8.79 h
December	-8.3°C-13.3°C	-13.3°C	117	10.9	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.

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March in nearby cities

Distance from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is explained once on the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.