Climate averages 1991–2020
Chernivtsi weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Chernivtsi: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 5th 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 Kamyanets-Podilskyi (65 km away). In March its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Chernivtsi, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Chernivtsi ranks joint 10th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 53rd of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Chernivtsi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 55 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
Chernivtsi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 27 | 7.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 2.2°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 7.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 55 | 10.1 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 70 | 12.2 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 95 | 12.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 99 | 12.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 66 | 9.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 35 | 6.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 34 | 8.2 | 8.48 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
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in MarchUkraine · 65 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Suceava in MarchRomania · 77 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Botoşani in MarchRomania · 81 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Ivano-Frankivsk in MarchUkraine · 114 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Ternopil in MarchUkraine · 143 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Khmelnytskyi in MarchUkraine · 147 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in MarchRomania · 156 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Bălţi in MarchMoldova · 160 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 37 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 Chernivtsi) is explained once on the Chernivtsi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.