Anadyr weather in March

In March, Anadyr sees average daytime highs of -14°C and overnight lows near -18°C, with 20 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -15°C in the first days to -12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Anadyr's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anadyr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-14°
9th warmest
Overnight low
-18°
4th coldest
Precipitation
20 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:44 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
77%
8th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
2.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Anadyr is town in northeastern Russia.

Density
294/km²
people per km²
Founded
1889

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -15°C in the first days to -12°C by the end.

A typical March day in Anadyr reaches about -14°C in the afternoon and slips back to -18°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -22°C and -4°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Anadyr

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Anadyr weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-19° / -22°256.17.64.60.0
Feb-17° / -21°286.57.67.80.0
Mar-14° / -18°205611.20.0
Apr-8° / -12°164.2514.70.0
May / -3°1854.718.10.0
Jun / 296.20.620.60.1
Jul / 518.4019.51.3
Aug10° / 6510.2016.22.0
Sep / 478.50.712.70.8
Oct-1° / -4°417.66.59.20.0
Nov-8° / -11°397.795.80.0
Dec-15° / -19°275.66.93.40.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22278
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Anadyr gets around 20 mm of rain and snow over 5 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 16% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12226
22125
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Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in March

Winds average 18 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of March to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 204 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.57:395:07
29.67:365:10
39.77:325:13
49.87:295:17
59.97:255:20
610.07:215:23
710.17:185:26
810.37:145:30
910.47:105:33
1010.57:075:36
1110.67:035:39
1210.76:595:42
1310.86:565:45
1410.96:525:49
1511.16:485:52
1611.26:445:55
1711.36:415:58
1811.46:376:01
1911.56:336:04
2011.66:306:07
2111.76:266:10
2211.96:226:14
2312.06:186:17
2412.16:156:20
2512.26:116:23
2612.36:076:26
2712.46:036:29
2812.56:006:32
2912.75:566:35
3012.85:526:38
3112.95:486:41

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.5Dim
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51.7Dim
61.8Dim
71.9Dim
81.9Dim
92.0Moderate
102.1Moderate
112.1Moderate
122.2Moderate
132.3Moderate
142.3Moderate
152.4Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.6Moderate
192.7Moderate
202.8Moderate
212.8Moderate
222.9Moderate
233.0Moderate
243.0Moderate
253.1Moderate
263.2Moderate
273.3Moderate
283.4Moderate
293.4Moderate
303.5Moderate
313.6Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Anadyr?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Anadyr.

What to pack for Anadyr in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Anadyr sees daytime highs around -14°C and nights near -18°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

Sea temperature near Anadyr in March

The nearest coast averages about -1°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in January near -1°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

-5°0°5°10°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Anadyr in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Anadyr peaks around June 14 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 3 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 14UV 5Dec 17UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb0Low
Mar1Low
Apr2Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Low
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Anadyr?

Anadyr sits at 64.7°N, 177.5°E, 35 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Magadan, 1,488 km away.

MagadanYelizovoPetropavlovsk-KamchatskyVilyuchinsk

Topography around Anadyr

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Anadyr.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anadyr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,003 m.

The land around Anadyr is covered by water (60%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, water (49%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), water (30%) and wetland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
117 m
16 km
346 m
80 km
1,003 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
March weather nearby: Magadan 1,488 km · Fairbanks 1,626 km · Badger 1,636 km · Anchorage 1,672 km · Yelizovo 1,675 km · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 1,678 km · Eagle River 1,682 km · Vilyuchinsk 1,698 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Anadyr (64.7342°, 177.5103°, elevation 35 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).