Yalta weather in March

In March, Yalta sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 37 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Yalta's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yalta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 7°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 37 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:04 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.0; out of 10

Yalta is city in Crimea, Ukraine.

Density: 272/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1154

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 6°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical March day in Yalta reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 5°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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

How March really feels in Yalta

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Yalta weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-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	4° / 1°	40	9.3	3.7	9	0.0
Feb	5° / 1°	33	7.9	3.4	10.1	0.0
Mar	7° / 3°	37	9.1	2.2	11.6	1.0
Apr	12° / 7°	30	7.2	0.4	13.2	3.3
May	17° / 12°	33	7.5	0	14.6	6.1
Jun	22° / 17°	45	8.2	0	15.3	7.4
Jul	25° / 20°	36	6.3	0	15	8.0
Aug	25° / 20°	34	6.3	0	13.9	8.0
Sep	21° / 16°	30	6.2	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	15° / 11°	36	5.9	0	10.7	5.3
Nov	10° / 6°	40	7.4	0.6	9.4	2.4
Dec	6° / 3°	42	8.8	2.6	8.7	0.5

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	37	37	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	43	43	43	44	44
Cloudier (%)	63	63	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	58	57	57	57	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Yalta gets around 37 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 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 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27
Snow chance (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	9
2	26	9
3	26	9
4	26	9
5	26	9
6	26	9
7	27	9
8	27	9
9	28	9
10	29	9
11	30	8
12	30	8
13	31	8
14	32	8
15	32	8
16	32	8
17	33	7
18	33	7
19	33	7
20	32	7
21	32	6
22	32	6
23	32	6
24	31	6
25	31	5
26	30	5
27	29	4
28	29	4
29	28	4
30	28	3
31	27	3

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 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	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 48 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 96 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 7:01 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)	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	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	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	7:31	6:22
2	10.9	7:30	6:23
3	10.9	7:28	6:24
4	11.0	7:26	6:26
5	11.0	7:24	6:27
6	11.1	7:23	6:28
7	11.1	7:21	6:30
8	11.2	7:19	6:31
9	11.3	7:17	6:32
10	11.3	7:16	6:34
11	11.4	7:14	6:35
12	11.4	7:12	6:36
13	11.5	7:10	6:38
14	11.5	7:08	6:39
15	11.6	7:06	6:40
16	11.6	7:04	6:42
17	11.7	7:03	6:43
18	11.7	7:01	6:44
19	11.8	6:59	6:45
20	11.8	6:57	6:47
21	11.9	6:55	6:48
22	11.9	6:53	6:49
23	12.0	6:51	6:50
24	12.0	6:49	6:52
25	12.1	6:47	6:53
26	12.1	6:46	6:54
27	12.2	6:44	6:56
28	12.3	6:42	6:57
29	12.3	6:40	6:58
30	12.4	6:38	6:59
31	12.4	6:36	7:01

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.24 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.72 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	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.2	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.7	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Yalta?

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

1.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yalta.

What to pack for Yalta in March

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

In March, Yalta sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Yalta in March

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 30 — about 3.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	8	8	10	15	21	24	25	22	18	14	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Yalta in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yalta peaks around July 20 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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	3	6	5	7	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	5	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Yalta?

Yalta sits at 44.5°N, 34.2°E, 54 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Alushta, 27 km away.

Topography around Yalta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yalta has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 720 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,529 m.

The land around Yalta is covered by trees (50%), water (24%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

720 m

trees 50%

16 km

1,541 m

trees 50%

80 km

1,529 m

water 49%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

March weather nearby: Alushta 27 km · Bakhchysaray 37 km · Balaklava 45 km · Simferopol 51 km · Sevastopol 52 km · Bilohirsk 71 km · Sudak 75 km · Saki 83 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $5,866; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 88%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 10.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 526

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 Yalta (44.5022°, 34.1662°, elevation 54 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	6	2
2	6	2
3	6	2
4	6	2
5	6	2
6	6	2
7	6	2
8	7	2
9	7	2
10	7	3
11	7	3
12	7	3
13	7	3
14	7	3
15	7	3
16	7	3
17	7	3
18	7	3
19	7	3
20	7	3
21	8	3
22	8	3
23	8	3
24	8	4
25	8	4
26	8	4
27	8	4
28	9	4
29	9	4
30	9	4
31	9	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	9
2	26	9
3	26	9
4	26	9
5	26	9
6	26	9
7	27	9
8	27	9
9	28	9
10	29	9
11	30	8
12	30	8
13	31	8
14	32	8
15	32	8
16	32	8
17	33	7
18	33	7
19	33	7
20	32	7
21	32	6
22	32	6
23	32	6
24	31	6
25	31	5
26	30	5
27	29	4
28	29	4
29	28	4
30	28	3
31	27	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	9
2	26	9
3	26	9
4	26	9
5	26	9
6	26	9
7	27	9
8	27	9
9	28	9
10	29	9
11	30	8
12	30	8
13	31	8
14	32	8
15	32	8
16	32	8
17	33	7
18	33	7
19	33	7
20	32	7
21	32	6
22	32	6
23	32	6
24	31	6
25	31	5
26	30	5
27	29	4
28	29	4
29	28	4
30	28	3
31	27	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	37	63
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	38	62
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	41	59
25	41	59
26	42	58
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	43	57
30	44	56
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	26	9
2	26	9
3	26	9
4	26	9
5	26	9
6	26	9
7	27	9
8	27	9
9	28	9
10	29	9
11	30	8
12	30	8
13	31	8
14	32	8
15	32	8
16	32	8
17	33	7
18	33	7
19	33	7
20	32	7
21	32	6
22	32	6
23	32	6
24	31	6
25	31	5
26	30	5
27	29	4
28	29	4
29	28	4
30	28	3
31	27	3

	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