Climate averages 1991–2020
Odesa weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Odesa: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 4th 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 Tiraspol (94 km away). In March its highs average 9.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Odesa, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Odesa ranks 9th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Odesa is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 31 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
Odesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 34 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| February | 3.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 28 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 7.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 32 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 31 | 7.0 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 33 | 5.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 36 | 4.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 32 | 5.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 30 | 5.9 | 8.79 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
- Tiraspol in MarchMoldova · 94 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Bender in MarchMoldova · 104 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in MarchUkraine · 110 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Chisinau in MarchMoldova · 155 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Galaţi in MarchRomania · 239 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in MarchUkraine · 248 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Iaşi in MarchRomania · 251 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Kropyvnytskyi in MarchUkraine · 252 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 40 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 Odesa) is explained once on the Odesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.