Climate averages 1991–2020
Smolensk 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 Smolensk: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 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 Orsha (110 km away). In March its highs average 2.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Smolensk, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Smolensk ranks joint 52nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 182nd of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Smolensk is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 10.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 38 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
Smolensk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 7.98 h |
| February | -3.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 39 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 1.9°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 38 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 74 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 13.4 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 48 | 10.0 | 8.59 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 10.6 | 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
- Orsha in MarchBelarus · 110 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Vitebsk in MarchBelarus · 126 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Mahilyow in MarchBelarus · 147 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in MarchRussia · 198 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Polotsk in MarchBelarus · 222 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Bryansk in MarchRussia · 224 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Novopolotsk in MarchBelarus · 235 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Barysaw in MarchBelarus · 237 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 39 mm rain
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 Smolensk) is explained once on the Smolensk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.