Climate averages 1991–2020
Ust’-Ilimsk weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Ust’-Ilimsk: daytime highs average -5.0°C and nights cool to about -12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratsk (217 km away). In March its highs average -5.0°C, about as warm as Ust’-Ilimsk, with 11 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ust’-Ilimsk ranks joint 225th of 236 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Ust’-Ilimsk is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.5°C to 3.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 19 mm to 28 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
Ust’-Ilimsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -18.5°C-24.1°C | -24.1°C | 14 | 5.1 | 7.37 h |
| February | -14.1°C-20.7°C | -20.7°C | 12 | 4.5 | 9.39 h |
| March, selected | -5.0°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 19 | 6.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 3.5°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 28 | 7.8 | 14.314 h |
| May | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 43 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| June | 20.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 10.5 | 18.018 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 59 | 10.0 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.415 h |
| September | 12.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 51 | 10.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 2.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 41 | 11.4 | 10.410 h |
| November | -9.5°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 31 | 9.7 | 8.08 h |
| December | -16.9°C-23.2°C | -23.2°C | 22 | 7.7 | 6.67 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
- Bratsk in MarchRussia · 217 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -11.8°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Kansk in MarchRussia · 464 kmHigh -2.7°C · Low -11.9°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in MarchRussia · 531 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -11.3°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in MarchRussia · 584 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -11.2°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in MarchRussia · 587 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -13.0°C · 8.9 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in MarchRussia · 610 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -12.8°C · 8.4 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in MarchRussia · 627 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -11.4°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in MarchRussia · 643 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -12.0°C · 10 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 Ust’-Ilimsk) is explained once on the Ust’-Ilimsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.