Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakutsk weather
in March.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Yakutsk: daytime highs average -12.2°C and nights cool to about -23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes March a month with very little precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average March day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yakutsk ranks 235th of 236 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Yakutsk is 12.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 13.7°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 4.0 mm to 9.6 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
Yakutsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -33.1°C-38.7°C | -38.7°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 6.26 h |
| February | -27.0°C-35.2°C | -35.2°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 8.89 h |
| March, selected | -12.2°C-23.5°C | -23.5°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 1.5°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 9.6 | 3.1 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 26 | 7.0 | 17.718 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 19.620 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.8 | 18.719 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.016 h |
| September | 10.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 37 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| October | -3.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 16 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| November | -22.2°C-27.9°C | -27.9°C | 8.0 | 2.8 | 7.27 h |
| December | -33.6°C-38.5°C | -38.5°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 5.35 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
- Magadan in MarchRussia · 1170 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -17.0°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Blagoveshchensk in MarchRussia · 1314 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -13.0°C · 9.9 mm precipitation
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in MarchRussia · 1351 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -13.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Chita in MarchRussia · 1474 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -13.3°C · 4.4 mm precipitation
- Birobidzhan in MarchRussia · 1485 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -13.4°C · 23 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 Yakutsk) is explained once on the Yakutsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.