Climate averages 1991–2020
Zagreb weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Zagreb: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maribor (86 km away). In March its highs average 11.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Zagreb, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Croatia, Zagreb ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 12.5°C; Zagreb is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 67 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
Zagreb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 49 | 8.0 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 56 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 12.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 59 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 67 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 11.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 77 | 10.6 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 81 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 94 | 10.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 80 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 9.6 | 9.510 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 68 | 9.5 | 8.79 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
- Maribor in MarchSlovenia · 86 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Bihać in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 111 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Ljubljana in MarchSlovenia · 117 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Rijeka in MarchCroatia · 131 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Graz in MarchAustria · 145 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Banja Luka in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 150 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in MarchAustria · 157 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Szombathely in MarchHungary · 165 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 45 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 Zagreb) is explained once on the Zagreb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.