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Moscow in March: every year compared

In March, Moscow averages highs of 1.9 °C and lows of -5.2 °C, with 33 mm of precipitation. The warmest March was 2007 (3.7 °C), the coldest 1963 (-10.3 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 1.9 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -5.2 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 33 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 8

Day by day through March

Normal high and low for each day of March in Moscow.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every March in Moscow, ranked

86 months of March since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 2 of 86 (+5.0 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 3.4 °C · +5.0 °C vs normal · rank 2 of 86

Warmest years

120073.7 °C
220253.4 °C
320203.3 °C
420022.2 °C
520141.9 °C

Coldest years

11963-10.3 °C
21952-10.0 °C
31942-9.2 °C
41969-8.5 °C
51980-7.6 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	3.4 °C	7.4 °C	-1.1 °C	29 mm	16 days	5 cm	10 days
2024	0.4 °C	4.6 °C	-4.0 °C	12 mm	25 days	0 cm	3 days
2023	0.4 °C	3.6 °C	-3.3 °C	78 mm	21 days	19 cm	15 days
2022	-1.9 °C	3.0 °C	-7.0 °C	20 mm	31 days	11 cm	6 days
2021	-2.2 °C	1.1 °C	-6.0 °C	24 mm	28 days	11 cm	8 days
2020	3.3 °C	7.0 °C	-0.7 °C	40 mm	13 days	8 cm	9 days
2019	-0.1 °C	3.0 °C	-3.6 °C	29 mm	23 days	15 cm	8 days
2018	-6.2 °C	-2.2 °C	-10.6 °C	26 mm	30 days	21 cm	6 days
2017	1.9 °C	5.2 °C	-1.1 °C	44 mm	17 days	13 cm	12 days
2016	-0.6 °C	2.8 °C	-4.2 °C	53 mm	25 days	30 cm	8 days
2015	0.8 °C	4.8 °C	-3.0 °C	11 mm	29 days	9 cm	4 days
2014	1.9 °C	6.0 °C	-1.9 °C	15 mm	21 days	7 cm	4 days
2013	-7.5 °C	-3.2 °C	-11.8 °C	63 mm	31 days	43 cm	11 days
2012	-3.7 °C	-0.7 °C	-6.9 °C	37 mm	30 days	27 cm	7 days
2011	-3.1 °C	0.2 °C	-6.7 °C	16 mm	30 days	12 cm	5 days
2010	-2.1 °C	1.4 °C	-5.6 °C	16 mm	24 days	10 cm	5 days
2009	-1.5 °C	1.4 °C	-4.4 °C	26 mm	29 days	17 cm	7 days
2008	1.4 °C	4.3 °C	-1.5 °C	47 mm	25 days	20 cm	11 days
2007	3.7 °C	7.6 °C	-0.2 °C	37 mm	16 days	12 cm	9 days
2006	-5.0 °C	-0.7 °C	-9.5 °C	35 mm	28 days	21 cm	9 days
2005	-6.8 °C	-3.5 °C	-10.4 °C	20 mm	31 days	20 cm	7 days
2004	0.8 °C	3.8 °C	-2.3 °C	34 mm	18 days	16 cm	8 days
2003	-4.2 °C	0.4 °C	-8.7 °C	27 mm	30 days	19 cm	7 days
2002	2.2 °C	5.7 °C	-1.2 °C	30 mm	18 days	8 cm	9 days
2001	-3.0 °C	0.2 °C	-6.5 °C	42 mm	25 days	23 cm	11 days
2000	-1.7 °C	1.6 °C	-5.5 °C	43 mm	30 days	32 cm	11 days
1999	-2.0 °C	1.9 °C	-5.7 °C	37 mm	27 days	25 cm	11 days
1998	-2.4 °C	1.4 °C	-6.7 °C	51 mm	30 days	26 cm	10 days
1997	-2.0 °C	1.1 °C	-5.4 °C	36 mm	28 days	25 cm	10 days
1996	-4.5 °C	-0.0 °C	-8.4 °C	22 mm	31 days	16 cm	5 days
1995	0.4 °C	3.1 °C	-2.3 °C	16 mm	23 days	6 cm	8 days
1994	-3.8 °C	-0.4 °C	-7.2 °C	52 mm	30 days	31 cm	10 days
1993	-2.9 °C	-0.0 °C	-6.1 °C	26 mm	27 days	12 cm	10 days
1992	0.5 °C	3.3 °C	-2.3 °C	37 mm	23 days	13 cm	8 days
1991	-2.5 °C	1.2 °C	-6.2 °C	18 mm	27 days	8 cm	8 days
1990	1.4 °C	4.5 °C	-1.7 °C	49 mm	18 days	23 cm	16 days
1989	1.4 °C	4.2 °C	-1.6 °C	40 mm	22 days	10 cm	11 days
1988	-1.7 °C	1.2 °C	-4.5 °C	27 mm	29 days	17 cm	9 days
1987	-6.7 °C	-2.6 °C	-11.1 °C	16 mm	31 days	14 cm	5 days
1986	-1.1 °C	2.5 °C	-4.4 °C	11 mm	25 days	5 cm	4 days
1985	-4.7 °C	-0.8 °C	-8.5 °C	12 mm	30 days	10 cm	5 days
1984	-3.4 °C	-0.3 °C	-6.6 °C	30 mm	29 days	25 cm	8 days
1983	-2.9 °C	0.5 °C	-6.1 °C	25 mm	23 days	12 cm	7 days
1982	-1.4 °C	1.5 °C	-4.5 °C	11 mm	26 days	8 cm	4 days
1981	-4.3 °C	-0.6 °C	-8.0 °C	39 mm	26 days	21 cm	10 days
1980	-7.6 °C	-3.1 °C	-12.1 °C	12 mm	31 days	10 cm	3 days
1979	-2.1 °C	0.8 °C	-4.6 °C	59 mm	28 days	29 cm	14 days
1978	-0.6 °C	1.8 °C	-3.2 °C	48 mm	27 days	26 cm	14 days
1977	-1.8 °C	1.0 °C	-4.7 °C	31 mm	28 days	12 cm	9 days
1976	-3.6 °C	-1.0 °C	-6.2 °C	51 mm	30 days	31 cm	18 days
1975	0.2 °C	2.9 °C	-2.7 °C	35 mm	24 days	13 cm	13 days
1974	-1.4 °C	1.3 °C	-4.2 °C	19 mm	27 days	9 cm	5 days
1973	-2.5 °C	1.3 °C	-6.7 °C	24 mm	29 days	15 cm	9 days
1972	-4.0 °C	-0.1 °C	-8.0 °C	40 mm	27 days	18 cm	6 days
1971	-5.2 °C	-1.8 °C	-8.5 °C	36 mm	27 days	21 cm	10 days
1970	-3.5 °C	-0.2 °C	-7.1 °C	48 mm	31 days	32 cm	10 days
1969	-8.5 °C	-3.4 °C	-13.9 °C	17 mm	31 days	12 cm	5 days
1968	-2.6 °C	1.1 °C	-6.4 °C	35 mm	25 days	23 cm	7 days
1967	-0.5 °C	1.8 °C	-2.7 °C	59 mm	29 days	36 cm	12 days
1966	-0.5 °C	1.8 °C	-3.2 °C	75 mm	25 days	31 cm	13 days
1965	-4.3 °C	-1.0 °C	-7.9 °C	29 mm	29 days	14 cm	11 days
1964	-7.3 °C	-3.3 °C	-11.3 °C	37 mm	31 days	26 cm	8 days
1963	-10.3 °C	-6.1 °C	-14.8 °C	29 mm	31 days	20 cm	8 days
1962	-5.8 °C	-2.2 °C	-9.6 °C	39 mm	31 days	26 cm	12 days
1961	-0.6 °C	1.6 °C	-3.4 °C	68 mm	27 days	30 cm	17 days
1960	-6.2 °C	-2.4 °C	-9.7 °C	14 mm	30 days	9 cm	5 days
1959	-2.3 °C	1.1 °C	-5.9 °C	29 mm	29 days	18 cm	7 days
1958	-6.8 °C	-2.8 °C	-10.6 °C	40 mm	31 days	26 cm	11 days
1957	-6.8 °C	-3.7 °C	-9.8 °C	35 mm	30 days	22 cm	7 days
1956	-4.7 °C	-0.6 °C	-8.7 °C	23 mm	31 days	16 cm	7 days
1955	-5.5 °C	-2.5 °C	-8.4 °C	59 mm	31 days	36 cm	16 days
1954	-4.5 °C	-0.7 °C	-7.8 °C	31 mm	29 days	16 cm	7 days
1953	-3.5 °C	-0.2 °C	-6.6 °C	17 mm	28 days	10 cm	5 days
1952	-10.0 °C	-5.5 °C	-13.8 °C	45 mm	31 days	31 cm	12 days
1951	-4.0 °C	-0.5 °C	-7.3 °C	62 mm	24 days	26 cm	13 days
1950	-2.9 °C	-0.2 °C	-5.5 °C	33 mm	30 days	21 cm	11 days
1949	-3.3 °C	0.2 °C	-6.4 °C	58 mm	31 days	40 cm	10 days
1948	-4.5 °C	-1.5 °C	-7.7 °C	32 mm	29 days	22 cm	10 days
1947	-4.8 °C	-1.9 °C	-7.9 °C	81 mm	27 days	37 cm	17 days
1946	-4.2 °C	-1.0 °C	-7.3 °C	40 mm	31 days	27 cm	11 days
1945	-5.8 °C	-2.5 °C	-9.4 °C	37 mm	29 days	20 cm	11 days
1944	-2.7 °C	-0.2 °C	-5.5 °C	44 mm	29 days	22 cm	9 days
1943	-3.6 °C	-0.0 °C	-7.3 °C	7 mm	28 days	3 cm	2 days
1942	-9.2 °C	-5.8 °C	-13.1 °C	23 mm	31 days	16 cm	8 days
1941	-6.7 °C	-3.7 °C	-10.1 °C	24 mm	30 days	15 cm	8 days
1940	-5.3 °C	-2.2 °C	-8.8 °C	64 mm	29 days	29 cm	15 days

March records

Hottest day

17.6 °C

March 25, 2014 estimate

Coldest night

-29.3 °C

March 6, 1964 estimate

Wettest day

23 mm

March 2, 2016 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Moscow in March?

Highs average 1.9 °C and lows -5.2 °C. A typical March brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 26 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Moscow in March?

About 33 mm falls in March, over some 8 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest March was 1947 (81 mm), the driest 1943 (7 mm).

What was the warmest March in Moscow?

2007, with a mean temperature of 3.7 °C. The coldest was 1963 (-10.3 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 2 of 86.