Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pleven: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Ruse (118 km away). In March its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest March highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Pleven is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 57 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
Pleven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 12.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 78 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 80 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 70 | 9.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 46 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 47 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 37 | 6.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 7.5 | 9.09 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
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Craiova in MarchRomania · 119 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Sofia in MarchBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MarchBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MarchBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Pernik in MarchBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Piteşti in MarchRomania · 160 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Sliven in MarchBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 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 Pleven) is explained once on the Pleven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.