Climate averages 1991–2020
Sliven weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Sliven: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Stara Zagora (63 km away). In March its highs average 12.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sliven, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sliven ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Sliven is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 75 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
Sliven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 53 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 54 | 8.1 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 11.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 67 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 106 | 14.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 100 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 88 | 11.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 56 | 8.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 58 | 7.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 63 | 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
- Stara Zagora in MarchBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Shumen in MarchBulgaria · 81 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Burgas in MarchBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Edirne in MarchTurkey · 114 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Varna in MarchBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MarchBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 161 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 Sliven) is explained once on the Sliven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.