Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Sochi: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In March its highs average 11.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sochi, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks joint 3rd of 236 for the warmest March highs and 234th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Sochi is 9.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Adler in MarchRussia · 25 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Maykop in MarchRussia · 116 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Krasnodar in MarchRussia · 172 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Armavir in MarchRussia · 191 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Cherkessk in MarchRussia · 199 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in MarchRussia · 201 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in MarchRussia · 211 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Kropotkin in MarchRussia · 215 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 57 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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.