Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Sofia: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Pernik (26 km away). In March its highs average 9.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sofia, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest March highs and joint 6th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Sofia is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 58 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
Sofia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 39 | 7.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 39 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 10.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 58 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 70 | 13.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 62 | 11.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 51 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 35 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 35 | 6.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 36 | 6.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 45 | 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
- Pernik in MarchBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Leskovac in MarchSerbia · 117 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MarchBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Niš in MarchSerbia · 135 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MarchNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Skopje in MarchNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Pristina in MarchKosovo · 176 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 59 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 Sofia) is explained once on the Sofia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.