Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaroslavl weather
in March.
A cold 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 cold month in Yaroslavl: daytime highs average 0.0°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 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 47 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kostroma (64 km away). In March its highs average -0.4°C, about as warm as Yaroslavl, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yaroslavl ranks joint 124th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 125th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Yaroslavl is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.7°C to 8.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 39 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
Yaroslavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 40 | 10.7 | 7.37 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 32 | 8.5 | 9.49 h |
| March, selected | 0.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 39 | 9.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 16.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 14.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 60 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| November | -0.3°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 48 | 10.5 | 8.18 h |
| December | -4.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 40 | 10.7 | 6.77 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
- Kostroma in MarchRussia · 64 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in MarchRussia · 77 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in MarchRussia · 96 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in MarchRussia · 136 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -6.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in MarchRussia · 166 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in MarchRussia · 169 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Vologda in MarchRussia · 177 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -7.4°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Sergiyev Posad in MarchRussia · 180 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 Yaroslavl) is explained once on the Yaroslavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.