Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladikavkaz weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Vladikavkaz: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 (22 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Vladikavkaz, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladikavkaz ranks 22nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and 230th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Vladikavkaz is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 103 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
Vladikavkaz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 30 | 6.8 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 7.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 70 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 103 | 15.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 157 | 21.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 216 | 22.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 201 | 22.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 169 | 20.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 98 | 14.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 38 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 26 | 6.0 | 9.19 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 · 22 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Sunzha in MarchRussia · 44 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Grozny in MarchRussia · 88 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Tbilisi in MarchGeorgia · 151 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Georgiyevsk in MarchRussia · 157 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in MarchRussia · 157 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Rustavi in MarchGeorgia · 166 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Pyatigorsk in MarchRussia · 172 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 63 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 Vladikavkaz) is explained once on the Vladikavkaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.