Sochi weather in March

In March, Sochi sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 112 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Sochi's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sochi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 112 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:42 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Sochi is city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density: 1,853/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1838

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical March day in Sochi reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	10	6
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	11	7
24	11	7
25	11	7
26	11	7
27	11	7
28	11	7
29	11	7
30	12	7
31	12	8

Sochi weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	145	15	5.6	9.1	1.4
Feb	8° / 5°	108	11.9	4.8	10.2	1.4
Mar	10° / 6°	112	13.6	2.9	11.6	2.2
Apr	14° / 10°	87	10.7	0.4	13.2	4.0
May	19° / 14°	81	10.1	0	14.5	6.1
Jun	23° / 19°	72	9.5	0	15.2	7.3
Jul	26° / 22°	80	9.9	0	14.9	7.4
Aug	26° / 23°	66	9.3	0	13.8	7.4
Sep	23° / 20°	112	9.7	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	19° / 16°	134	10.7	0	10.8	6.2
Nov	14° / 11°	131	10.9	1	9.5	4.2
Dec	11° / 7°	146	14.2	2.8	8.8	2.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	39	39	39	40	41	42	42	43	43	45	45	44
Cloudier (%)	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	61	61	61	60	59	58	58	57	57	55	55	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Sochi gets around 112 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37
Snow chance (%)	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	14
2	45	13
3	45	13
4	46	12
5	46	12
6	46	12
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	10
10	46	10
11	46	10
12	45	10
13	45	9
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	44	9
17	44	9
18	44	9
19	44	9
20	43	9
21	43	8
22	42	8
23	42	8
24	41	7
25	40	7
26	40	6
27	39	6
28	39	5
29	38	5
30	38	4
31	37	4

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 11 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	7:08	6:01
2	10.9	7:06	6:02
3	11.0	7:05	6:03
4	11.0	7:03	6:04
5	11.1	7:01	6:06
6	11.1	7:00	6:07
7	11.2	6:58	6:08
8	11.2	6:56	6:10
9	11.3	6:54	6:11
10	11.3	6:53	6:12
11	11.4	6:51	6:13
12	11.4	6:49	6:15
13	11.5	6:47	6:16
14	11.5	6:46	6:17
15	11.6	6:44	6:18
16	11.6	6:42	6:20
17	11.7	6:40	6:21
18	11.7	6:38	6:22
19	11.8	6:36	6:23
20	11.8	6:35	6:25
21	11.9	6:33	6:26
22	11.9	6:31	6:27
23	12.0	6:29	6:28
24	12.0	6:27	6:29
25	12.1	6:25	6:31
26	12.1	6:23	6:32
27	12.2	6:22	6:33
28	12.2	6:20	6:34
29	12.3	6:18	6:36
30	12.3	6:16	6:37
31	12.4	6:14	6:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 3.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	4.0	Moderate
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Sochi?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sochi.

What to pack for Sochi in March

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

In March, Sochi sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Sochi in March

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 6 to Oct 18 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	12	17	22	25	26	24	20	16	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Sochi in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sochi peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	2	6	6	8	8	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sochi?

Sochi sits at 43.6°N, 39.7°E, 28 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Dagomys, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Sochi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sochi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,008 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,254 m.

The land around Sochi is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), trees (32%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (46%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

207 m

artificial surfaces 37%

16 km

1,008 m

water 49%

80 km

3,254 m

trees 56%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← February Sochi year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Dagomys 9.0 km · Khosta 15 km · Kudepsta 18 km · Adler 25 km · Lazarevskoye 47 km · Tuapse 76 km · Khadyzhensk 93 km · Apsheronsk 96 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

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 Sochi (43.597°, 39.7248°, elevation 28 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	10	6
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	11	7
24	11	7
25	11	7
26	11	7
27	11	7
28	11	7
29	11	7
30	12	7
31	12	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	14
2	45	13
3	45	13
4	46	12
5	46	12
6	46	12
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	10
10	46	10
11	46	10
12	45	10
13	45	9
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	44	9
17	44	9
18	44	9
19	44	9
20	43	9
21	43	8
22	42	8
23	42	8
24	41	7
25	40	7
26	40	6
27	39	6
28	39	5
29	38	5
30	38	4
31	37	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	10	6
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	11	7
24	11	7
25	11	7
26	11	7
27	11	7
28	11	7
29	11	7
30	12	7
31	12	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	14
2	45	13
3	45	13
4	46	12
5	46	12
6	46	12
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	10
10	46	10
11	46	10
12	45	10
13	45	9
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	44	9
17	44	9
18	44	9
19	44	9
20	43	9
21	43	8
22	42	8
23	42	8
24	41	7
25	40	7
26	40	6
27	39	6
28	39	5
29	38	5
30	38	4
31	37	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	6
2	9	6
3	9	6
4	10	6
5	10	6
6	10	6
7	10	6
8	10	6
9	10	6
10	10	6
11	10	6
12	10	6
13	10	6
14	10	6
15	10	6
16	10	6
17	10	6
18	10	6
19	10	6
20	10	6
21	10	7
22	10	7
23	11	7
24	11	7
25	11	7
26	11	7
27	11	7
28	11	7
29	11	7
30	12	7
31	12	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	40	60
24	41	59
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	14
2	45	13
3	45	13
4	46	12
5	46	12
6	46	12
7	46	11
8	46	11
9	46	10
10	46	10
11	46	10
12	45	10
13	45	9
14	45	9
15	45	9
16	44	9
17	44	9
18	44	9
19	44	9
20	43	9
21	43	8
22	42	8
23	42	8
24	41	7
25	40	7
26	40	6
27	39	6
28	39	5
29	38	5
30	38	4
31	37	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100