Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgas weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Burgas: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (87 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Burgas, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Burgas ranks 5th of 10 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Burgas is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 45 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
Burgas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 53 | 7.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 11.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 55 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 45 | 8.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 50 | 8.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 43 | 6.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 29 | 4.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 50 | 6.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 51 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 7.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.19 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
- Varna in MarchBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Sliven in MarchBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Shumen in MarchBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Edirne in MarchTurkey · 119 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in MarchTurkey · 123 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Çerkezköy in MarchTurkey · 143 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MarchBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Çorlu in MarchTurkey · 152 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 60 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 Burgas) is explained once on the Burgas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.