Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Stara Zagora (80 km away). In March its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Plovdiv is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 46 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
Plovdiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 40 | 6.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 40 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 53 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 46 | 8.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 46 | 8.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 39 | 6.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 24 | 4.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 42 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 38 | 5.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 48 | 7.6 | 9.29 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
- Stara Zagora in MarchBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Sofia in MarchBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Sliven in MarchBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Pernik in MarchBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Edirne in MarchTurkey · 159 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Shumen in MarchBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.8°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 Plovdiv) is explained once on the Plovdiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.