Climate averages 1991–2020
Volgograd weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Volgograd: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volzhsky (22 km away). In March its highs average 5.1°C, about as warm as Volgograd, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volgograd ranks 38th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 77th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Volgograd is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.8°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 30 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
Volgograd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 31 | 8.0 | 8.89 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 26 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 5.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 31 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 7.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 35 | 6.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.716 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 23 | 4.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 33 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 25 | 6.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | -1.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 34 | 7.8 | 8.48 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
- Volzhsky in MarchRussia · 22 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Kamyshin in MarchRussia · 167 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Volgodonsk in MarchRussia · 219 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Elista in MarchRussia · 268 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in MarchRussia · 315 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Engels in MarchRussia · 329 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Balashov in MarchRussia · 329 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Saratov in MarchRussia · 332 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.1°C · 33 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 Volgograd) is explained once on the Volgograd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.