Climate averages 1991–2020
Volzhsky 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 Volzhsky: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 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 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgograd (22 km away). In March its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Volzhsky, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volzhsky ranks joint 36th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 74th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Volzhsky is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.9°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 29 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
Volzhsky climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.0°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 30 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 25 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 5.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 30 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 22.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 31 | 6.4 | 16.116 h |
| July | 30.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 5.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 21 | 3.9 | 14.414 h |
| September | 22.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 32 | 6.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 24 | 6.0 | 9.29 h |
| December | -1.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 32 | 7.9 | 8.38 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
- Volgograd in MarchRussia · 22 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Kamyshin in MarchRussia · 152 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Volgodonsk in MarchRussia · 241 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Elista in MarchRussia · 278 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Engels in MarchRussia · 315 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -5.9°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Saratov in MarchRussia · 318 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -6.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Balashov in MarchRussia · 328 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in MarchRussia · 337 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.9°C · 40 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 Volzhsky) is explained once on the Volzhsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.