Climate averages 1991–2020
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk weather
in March.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 4th 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 Asahikawa (355 km away). In March its highs average 0.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, with 67 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ranks joint 162nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 227th of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 5.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 63 mm to 69 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
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.0°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 52 | 7.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 39 | 6.4 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | -1.1°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 63 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 5.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 69 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 12.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 68 | 10.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 16.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 61 | 9.3 | 15.816 h |
| July | 20.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 81 | 9.4 | 15.515 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 104 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 71 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | -4.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 8.69 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
- Asahikawa in MarchJapan · 355 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.2°C · 67 mm precipitation
- Kitami in MarchJapan · 362 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -7.8°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Iwamizawa in MarchJapan · 424 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Ebetsu in MarchJapan · 438 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.3°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Otaru in MarchJapan · 440 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Sapporo in MarchJapan · 446 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Obihiro in MarchJapan · 450 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Eniwa in MarchJapan · 461 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 55 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 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) is explained once on the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.