Climate averages 1991–2020
Shumen weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Shumen: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 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 Varna (80 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Shumen, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Shumen ranks 7th 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; Shumen is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 52 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
Shumen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 47 | 7.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 10.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 52 | 9.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 61 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 63 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 54 | 8.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 6.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 8.0 | 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
- Varna in MarchBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Sliven in MarchBulgaria · 81 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Burgas in MarchBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MarchBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Bucharest in MarchRomania · 145 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Constanţa in MarchRomania · 171 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Edirne in MarchTurkey · 180 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 54 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 Shumen) is explained once on the Shumen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.