Climate averages 1991–2020
Poltava 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 Poltava: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 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 Kremenchuk (102 km away). In March its highs average 6.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Poltava, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Poltava ranks joint 48th of 59 for the warmest March highs and joint 45th of 59 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 59 cities is 6.3°C; Poltava is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Poltava climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.0°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 39 | 8.6 | 8.79 h |
| February | -0.6°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 31 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 5.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 43 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 43 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 52 | 10.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 60 | 10.1 | 16.216 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 56 | 9.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 42 | 6.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 42 | 7.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.4°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 37 | 7.9 | 9.29 h |
| December | -0.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 7.9 | 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
- Kremenchuk in MarchUkraine · 102 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Samar in MarchUkraine · 118 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Kamyanske in MarchUkraine · 119 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Kharkiv in MarchUkraine · 130 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Dnipro in MarchUkraine · 130 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Oleksandriya in MarchUkraine · 146 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Sumy in MarchUkraine · 149 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Pavlohrad in MarchUkraine · 152 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 43 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 Poltava) is explained once on the Poltava year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.