Climate averages 1991–2020
Shchyolkovo weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Shchyolkovo: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months 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 Korolev (9 km away). In March its highs average 0.9°C, about as warm as Shchyolkovo, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Shchyolkovo ranks joint 84th 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; Shchyolkovo is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.9°C to 10.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 38 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
Shchyolkovo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.1°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 39 | 10.4 | 7.78 h |
| February | -4.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 34 | 8.9 | 9.510 h |
| March, selected | 1.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 34 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.0°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 38 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 75 | 12.5 | 17.517 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 76 | 12.8 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 11.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 62 | 10.8 | 10.510 h |
| November | 0.7°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 46 | 10.0 | 8.38 h |
| December | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.17 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
- Korolev in MarchRussia · 9 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Pushkino in MarchRussia · 12 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Balashikha in MarchRussia · 15 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.4°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Mytishchi in MarchRussia · 15 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Zheleznodorozhnyy in MarchRussia · 20 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Vostochnoe Degunino in MarchRussia · 26 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Lyubertsy in MarchRussia · 28 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Moscow in MarchRussia · 29 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 33 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 Shchyolkovo) is explained once on the Shchyolkovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.