Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ruse: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Bucharest (66 km away). In March its highs average 11.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ruse, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Ruse is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 55 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
Ruse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 55 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 65 | 10.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 79 | 10.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 48 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 55 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 51 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 48 | 6.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 46 | 7.7 | 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
- Bucharest in MarchRomania · 66 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Shumen in MarchBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Ploieşti in MarchRomania · 123 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Sliven in MarchBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Piteşti in MarchRomania · 141 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MarchBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Buzău in MarchRomania · 161 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 45 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 Ruse) is explained once on the Ruse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.