Climate averages 1991–2020
Pernik weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pernik: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sofia (26 km away). In March its highs average 10.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pernik, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pernik ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Pernik is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 54 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
Pernik climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 54 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 10.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 52 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 46 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 36 | 7.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 26 | 5.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 6.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 49 | 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
- Sofia in MarchBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Leskovac in MarchSerbia · 99 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MarchNorth Macedonia · 120 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Niš in MarchSerbia · 122 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Skopje in MarchNorth Macedonia · 148 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MarchBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Pristina in MarchKosovo · 153 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 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 Pernik) is explained once on the Pernik year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.