Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunzha weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Sunzha: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Nazran (25 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sunzha, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sunzha ranks 10th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 222nd of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Sunzha is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 71 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
Sunzha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 30 | 7.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 32 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 9.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 71 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 14.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 13.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 67 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 52 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 7.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 29 | 6.9 | 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
- Nazran in MarchRussia · 25 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in MarchRussia · 44 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Grozny in MarchRussia · 52 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MarchRussia · 125 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MarchRussia · 157 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MarchRussia · 180 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MarchGeorgia · 182 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in MarchRussia · 183 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 47 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 Sunzha) is explained once on the Sunzha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.