Climate averages 1991–2020
Limassol weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Limassol: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (60 km away). In March its highs average 18.7°C, about as warm as Limassol, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Limassol ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 18.6°C; Limassol is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 17 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
Limassol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 18.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 3.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 51 | 8.0 | 9.910 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
- Larnaca in MarchCyprus · 60 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Nicosia in MarchCyprus · 62 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Silifke in MarchTurkey · 205 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 9.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Alanya in MarchTurkey · 227 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Beirut in MarchLebanon · 243 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Sidon in MarchLebanon · 249 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Jounieh in MarchLebanon · 249 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Tyre in MarchLebanon · 253 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 102 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 Limassol) is explained once on the Limassol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.