Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora 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 Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 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 Sliven (63 km away). In March its highs average 11.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Stara Zagora, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 10 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 10 cities is 11.1°C; Stara Zagora is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 60 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
Stara Zagora 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-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 49 | 7.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 12.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 60 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 60 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 13.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 68 | 12.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 59 | 9.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 29.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 57 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 60 | 8.4 | 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
- Sliven in MarchBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MarchBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Edirne in MarchTurkey · 113 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 2.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Shumen in MarchBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Burgas in MarchBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in MarchTurkey · 182 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°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 Stara Zagora) is explained once on the Stara Zagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.