Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarov weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Sarov: daytime highs average 0.6°C and nights cool to about -6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arzamas (60 km away). In March its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Sarov, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sarov ranks joint 102nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 125th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Sarov is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.5°C to 10.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 42 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
Sarov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 39 | 11.3 | 7.98 h |
| February | -5.2°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 36 | 8.7 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 0.6°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 | 11.7 | 17.217 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 73 | 11.4 | 16.817 h |
| August | 22.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 65 | 10.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 58 | 10.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | 0.1°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 45 | 9.6 | 8.58 h |
| December | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 45 | 10.9 | 7.37 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
- Arzamas in MarchRussia · 60 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -6.5°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Murom in MarchRussia · 107 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Dzerzhinsk in MarchRussia · 144 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.5°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Saransk in MarchRussia · 147 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Nizhniy Novgorod in MarchRussia · 159 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in MarchRussia · 201 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Penza in MarchRussia · 224 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -6.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in MarchRussia · 226 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 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 Sarov) is explained once on the Sarov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.