Climate averages 1991–2020
Chernihiv weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Chernihiv: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Homyel' (105 km away). In March its highs average 4.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Chernihiv, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Chernihiv ranks 55th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 13th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Chernihiv is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 43 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
Chernihiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 37 | 9.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | -0.9°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 34 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 4.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 43 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 65 | 10.6 | 16.517 h |
| July | 24.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 82 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 53 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 8.4 | 8.99 h |
| December | -0.6°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 44 | 9.3 | 7.98 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
- Homyel' in MarchBelarus · 105 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Brovary in MarchUkraine · 116 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Kyiv in MarchUkraine · 128 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Konotop in MarchUkraine · 136 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Mazyr in MarchBelarus · 154 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Shostka in MarchUkraine · 156 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Zhlobin in MarchBelarus · 177 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Bila Tserkva in MarchUkraine · 207 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 38 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 Chernihiv) is explained once on the Chernihiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.