Climate averages 1991–2020

Pskov weather
in March.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 2.6°C Daytime mean, March
Average low -4.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 35 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pskov · average highYear overview

March is a cold month in Pskov: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tartu (113 km away). In March its highs average 2.3°C, about as warm as Pskov, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Pskov ranks 47th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 142nd of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Pskov is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 41 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

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

Every month, side by side

Pskov climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pskov, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -2.6°C-6.8°C-6.8°C4211.47.37 h
February -2.3°C-7.6°C-7.6°C359.19.39 h
March, selected 2.6°C-4.0°C-4.0°C359.211.812 h
April 10.2°C1.7°C1.7°C419.514.314 h
May 16.2°C7.7°C7.7°C6011.016.617 h
June 19.9°C12.4°C12.4°C8512.718.018 h
July 22.3°C15.1°C15.1°C6712.117.417 h
August 20.9°C14.0°C14.0°C7812.115.315 h
September 15.5°C9.5°C9.5°C5910.412.913 h
October 8.5°C4.2°C4.2°C6111.910.410 h
November 2.7°C-0.6°C-0.6°C5311.28.08 h
December -0.8°C-4.4°C-4.4°C4310.96.77 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

Distance from Pskov

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 Pskov) is explained once on the Pskov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.