Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kharkiv: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In March its highs average 3.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks 56th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 49th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Kharkiv is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.9°C to 13.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 42 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
- Belgorod in MarchRussia · 73 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Poltava in MarchUkraine · 130 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Sumy in MarchUkraine · 146 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Slovyansk in MarchUkraine · 159 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in MarchUkraine · 164 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Samar in MarchUkraine · 167 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Kramatorsk in MarchUkraine · 168 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Gubkin in MarchRussia · 171 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.