Climate averages 1991–2020
Velikiy Novgorod weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Velikiy Novgorod: daytime highs average 1.5°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 2nd 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 Gatchina (134 km away). In March its highs average 1.0°C, about as warm as Velikiy Novgorod, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Velikiy Novgorod ranks joint 57th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 168th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Velikiy Novgorod is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.8°C to 9.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 37 mm to 44 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
Velikiy Novgorod climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.7°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 45 | 11.4 | 7.17 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 36 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
| March, selected | 1.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 44 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 63 | 11.3 | 16.817 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 92 | 12.7 | 18.218 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 86 | 13.2 | 17.618 h |
| August | 20.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 82 | 12.1 | 15.415 h |
| September | 15.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.310 h |
| November | 1.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 68 | 12.7 | 7.98 h |
| December | -1.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 12.4 | 6.56 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
- Gatchina in MarchRussia · 134 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in MarchRussia · 142 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in MarchRussia · 142 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.2°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Saint Petersburg in MarchRussia · 167 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -5.3°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Peterhof in MarchRussia · 170 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.6°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Pskov in MarchRussia · 189 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Velikiye Luki in MarchRussia · 246 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Tartu in MarchEstonia · 265 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.1°C · 35 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 Velikiy Novgorod) is explained once on the Velikiy Novgorod year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.