Climate averages 1991–2020
Kerch weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kerch: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novorossiysk (123 km away). In March its highs average 9.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Kerch, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kerch ranks 12th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Kerch is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Kerch climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 39 | 8.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 4.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 7.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 35 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 30 | 6.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 35 | 6.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 19 | 4.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 35 | 6.9 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 41 | 8.9 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Novorossiysk in MarchRussia · 123 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Berdyansk in MarchUkraine · 157 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Melitopol in MarchUkraine · 186 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Simferopol in MarchUkraine · 191 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Krasnodar in MarchRussia · 199 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Yeysk in MarchRussia · 204 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Yalta in MarchUkraine · 205 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Mariupol in MarchUkraine · 210 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 42 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 Kerch) is explained once on the Kerch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.