Climate averages 1991–2020
Vologda weather
in March.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Vologda: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 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 Cherepovets (113 km away). In March its highs average -1.0°C, about as warm as Vologda, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vologda ranks joint 152nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 84th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Vologda is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.2°C to 7.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 38 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
Vologda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 10.2 | 7.07 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 30 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| March, selected | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 11.9 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 13.1 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 12.7 | 15.516 h |
| September | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| November | -1.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 46 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 | 6.36 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
- Cherepovets in MarchRussia · 113 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in MarchRussia · 144 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Kostroma in MarchRussia · 173 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Yaroslavl in MarchRussia · 177 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.9°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in MarchRussia · 238 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in MarchRussia · 255 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in MarchRussia · 330 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Sergiyev Posad in MarchRussia · 340 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.0°C · 34 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 Vologda) is explained once on the Vologda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.