Climate averages 1991–2020
Banja Luka weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Banja Luka: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zenica (85 km away). In March its highs average 11.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Banja Luka, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Banja Luka ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 7 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 7 cities is 11.3°C; Banja Luka is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Banja Luka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 70 | 10.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 7.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 70 | 10.4 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 12.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 79 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 92 | 12.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 112 | 13.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 97 | 11.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 87 | 10.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 72 | 8.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 95 | 10.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 72 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 85 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| December | 6.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 82 | 11.5 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Zenica in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 85 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Bihać in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 105 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Tuzla in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 119 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Ilidža in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 137 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Sarajevo in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 138 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Osijek in MarchCroatia · 145 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Zagreb in MarchCroatia · 150 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Split in MarchCroatia · 154 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 102 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Banja Luka) is explained once on the Banja Luka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.