Climate averages 1991–2020
Split weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th 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 Split: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a 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 Mostar (112 km away). In March its highs average 13.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Split, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Croatia, Split ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 12.5°C; Split is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 99 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
Split climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 121 | 11.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 107 | 9.8 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 13.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 102 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 99 | 11.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 71 | 9.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 42 | 6.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 25 | 4.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 40 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 103 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 137 | 11.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 222 | 13.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 173 | 12.6 | 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
- Mostar in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 112 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Zenica in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 140 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Bihać in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 152 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Banja Luka in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 154 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Ilidža in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 154 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Sarajevo in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 159 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Tuzla in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 212 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Pescara in MarchItaly · 216 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 62 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 Split) is explained once on the Split year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.