Climate averages 1991–2020
Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orël (85 km away). In March its highs average 1.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia ranks 50th of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 190th of 236 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 9.6°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 46 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
Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 40 | 9.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -3.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 37 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 2.4°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 46 | 9.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 10.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 65 | 11.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 77 | 12.2 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 55 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 41 | 9.5 | 7.88 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
- Orël in MarchRussia · 85 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kursk in MarchRussia · 89 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Bryansk in MarchRussia · 125 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Shostka in MarchUkraine · 139 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Sumy in MarchUkraine · 163 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Gubkin in MarchRussia · 190 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Konotop in MarchUkraine · 193 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Staryy Oskol in MarchRussia · 206 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 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 Zheleznogorsk) is explained once on the Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.