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The coolest places in the world in March

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

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Rainfall
1 Yakutsk Russia -12 °C -12 °C 4 mm
2 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -12 °C -12 °C 36 mm
3 Nuuk Greenland -8.8 °C -8.8 °C 51 mm
4 Surgut Russia -6.2 °C -6.2 °C 28 mm
5 Nizhnevartovsk Russia -5.7 °C -5.7 °C 28 mm
6 Bratsk Russia -5.1 °C -5.1 °C 11 mm
7 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Russia -3.7 °C -3.7 °C 27 mm
8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia -3.1 °C -3.1 °C 113 mm
9 Murmansk Russia -3.1 °C -3.1 °C 29 mm
10 Tomsk Russia -3.0 °C -3.0 °C 27 mm
11 Novosibirsk Russia -2.9 °C -2.9 °C 26 mm
12 Severodvinsk Russia -2.9 °C -2.9 °C 26 mm
13 Daxing’anling China -2.7 °C -2.7 °C 11 mm
14 Omsk Russia -2.7 °C -2.7 °C 18 mm
15 Arkhangel’sk Russia -2.5 °C -2.5 °C 28 mm
16 Tyumen Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C 24 mm
17 Syktyvkar Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C 33 mm
18 Kemerovo Russia -2.4 °C -2.4 °C 29 mm
19 Berezniki Russia -2.1 °C -2.1 °C 41 mm
20 Barnaul Russia -2.1 °C -2.1 °C 25 mm
21 Temirtau Kazakhstan -1.9 °C -1.9 °C 24 mm
22 Oulu Finland -1.9 °C -1.9 °C 31 mm
23 Zlatoust Russia -1.8 °C -1.8 °C 29 mm
24 Petropavl Kazakhstan -1.7 °C -1.7 °C 22 mm
25 Hulunbuir China -1.7 °C -1.7 °C 8 mm
26 Khabarovsk Russia -1.6 °C -1.6 °C 24 mm
27 Krasnoyarsk Russia -1.6 °C -1.6 °C 17 mm
28 Kazan Russia -1.6 °C -1.6 °C 37 mm
29 Kirov Russia -1.5 °C -1.5 °C 39 mm
30 Kurgan Russia -1.5 °C -1.5 °C 23 mm
31 Yekaterinburg Russia -1.5 °C -1.5 °C 25 mm
32 Pavlodar Kazakhstan -1.4 °C -1.4 °C 15 mm
33 Perm Russia -1.4 °C -1.4 °C 36 mm
34 Naberezhnyye Chelny Russia -1.4 °C -1.4 °C 32 mm
35 Chelyabinsk Russia -1.4 °C -1.4 °C 24 mm
36 Prokop’yevsk Russia -1.3 °C -1.3 °C 24 mm
37 Kostanay Kazakhstan -1.3 °C -1.3 °C 24 mm
38 Nizhny Tagil Russia -1.3 °C -1.3 °C 27 mm
39 Miass Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C 25 mm
40 Petrozavodsk Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C 33 mm
41 Ulyanovsk Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C 30 mm
42 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Russia -1.2 °C -1.2 °C 64 mm
43 Astana Kazakhstan -1.2 °C -1.2 °C 21 mm
44 Kokshetau Kazakhstan -1.2 °C -1.2 °C 19 mm
45 Cheboksary Russia -1.1 °C -1.1 °C 36 mm
46 Cherepovets Russia -1.0 °C -1.0 °C 37 mm
47 Tolyatti Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C 32 mm
48 Izhevsk Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C 38 mm
49 Magnitogorsk Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C 28 mm
50 Orsk Russia -0.9 °C -0.9 °C 30 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.