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The coolest places in Europe in March: ranked by average high temperature

Yakutsk tops the list at -12 °C in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in March: Yakutsk (-12 °C) , Longyearbyen (-12 °C) , Surgut (-6.2 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 12 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yakutsk Russia -12 °C -12 °C -24 °C 4 mm 1 301 h –
2 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -12 °C -12 °C -16 °C 36 mm 9 155 h –
3 Surgut Russia -6.2 °C -6.2 °C -14 °C 28 mm 7 207 h –
4 Nizhnevartovsk Russia -5.7 °C -5.7 °C -13 °C 28 mm 8 206 h –
5 Bratsk Russia -5.1 °C -5.1 °C -13 °C 11 mm 4 267 h –
6 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Russia -3.7 °C -3.7 °C -13 °C 27 mm 6 285 h –
7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia -3.1 °C -3.1 °C -9.3 °C 113 mm 12 254 h 0.1 °C
8 Murmansk Russia -3.1 °C -3.1 °C -9.0 °C 29 mm 8 207 h –
9 Tomsk Russia -3.0 °C -3.0 °C -11 °C 27 mm 8 226 h –
10 Novosibirsk Russia -2.9 °C -2.9 °C -11 °C 26 mm 7 236 h –
11 Severodvinsk Russia -2.9 °C -2.9 °C -8.4 °C 26 mm 8 196 h -0.8 °C
12 Omsk Russia -2.7 °C -2.7 °C -11 °C 18 mm 5 244 h –
13 Arkhangel’sk Russia -2.5 °C -2.5 °C -8.7 °C 28 mm 8 191 h –
14 Tyumen Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C -10 °C 24 mm 6 239 h –
15 Syktyvkar Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C -9.5 °C 33 mm 9 175 h –
16 Kemerovo Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C -10 °C 29 mm 8 234 h –
17 Berezniki Russia -2.1 °C -2.1 °C -8.7 °C 41 mm 10 190 h –
18 Barnaul Russia -2.1 °C -2.1 °C -11 °C 25 mm 6 251 h –
19 Oulu Finland -1.9 °C -1.9 °C -7.3 °C 31 mm 8 208 h -0.1 °C
20 Zlatoust Russia -1.8 °C -1.8 °C -9.9 °C 29 mm 7 235 h –
21 Khabarovsk Russia -1.6 °C -1.6 °C -12 °C 24 mm 5 295 h –
22 Krasnoyarsk Russia -1.6 °C -1.6 °C -12 °C 17 mm 5 250 h –
23 Kazan Russia -1.6 °C -1.6 °C -7.6 °C 37 mm 8 212 h –
24 Kirov Russia -1.5 °C -1.5 °C -8.1 °C 39 mm 9 192 h –
25 Kurgan Russia -1.5 °C -1.5 °C -9.9 °C 23 mm 6 246 h –
26 Yekaterinburg Russia -1.5 °C -1.5 °C -9.3 °C 25 mm 6 225 h –
27 Perm Russia -1.4 °C -1.4 °C -8.5 °C 36 mm 9 199 h –
28 Naberezhnyye Chelny Russia -1.4 °C -1.4 °C -7.8 °C 32 mm 8 218 h –
29 Chelyabinsk Russia -1.4 °C -1.4 °C -9.3 °C 24 mm 5 250 h –
30 Prokop’yevsk Russia -1.3 °C -1.3 °C -11 °C 24 mm 7 244 h –
31 Nizhny Tagil Russia -1.3 °C -1.3 °C -9.0 °C 27 mm 6 212 h –
32 Miass Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C -10.0 °C 25 mm 6 248 h –
33 Petrozavodsk Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C -6.8 °C 33 mm 8 195 h –
34 Ulyanovsk Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C -7.4 °C 30 mm 7 223 h –
35 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C -8.4 °C 64 mm 9 284 h –
36 Cheboksary Russia -1.1 °C -1.1 °C -7.3 °C 36 mm 9 209 h –
37 Cherepovets Russia -1.0 °C -1.0 °C -6.6 °C 37 mm 9 195 h –
38 Tolyatti Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C -6.6 °C 32 mm 8 232 h –
39 Izhevsk Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C -8.0 °C 38 mm 9 213 h –
40 Magnitogorsk Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C -11 °C 28 mm 6 246 h –
41 Orsk Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C -9.6 °C 30 mm 7 240 h –
42 Biysk Russia -0.7 °C -0.7 °C -10 °C 25 mm 7 265 h –
43 Vologda Russia -0.7 °C -0.7 °C -7.6 °C 33 mm 9 186 h –
44 Novokuznetsk Russia -0.7 °C -0.7 °C -10 °C 29 mm 8 244 h –
45 Kamensk-Ural’skiy Russia -0.7 °C -0.7 °C -9.0 °C 25 mm 6 236 h –
46 Sterlitamak Russia -0.6 °C -0.6 °C -8.4 °C 39 mm 8 234 h –
47 Rubtsovsk Russia -0.6 °C -0.6 °C -11 °C 26 mm 6 258 h –
48 Chita Russia -0.6 °C -0.6 °C -13 °C 5 mm 1 320 h –
49 Blagoveshchensk Russia -0.5 °C -0.5 °C -13 °C 10 mm 2 304 h –
50 Ufa Russia -0.5 °C -0.5 °C -8.3 °C 38 mm 8 225 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

February: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
  2. Murcia 17 °C
  3. Sevilla 17 °C
  4. Almería 17 °C
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 17 °C

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Longyearbyen -8.1 °C
  2. Surgut 0.7 °C
  3. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 1.1 °C
  4. Nizhnevartovsk 1.4 °C
  5. Yakutsk 1.6 °C

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in March, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.