Climate averages 1991–2020
Ostrava weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Ostrava: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Havířov (13 km away). In March its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Ostrava, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Ostrava ranks 10th of 12 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 8.3°C; Ostrava is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Ostrava climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 47 | 11.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 46 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 8.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 55 | 12.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 57 | 10.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 90 | 14.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 100 | 13.5 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 114 | 14.2 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 85 | 11.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 82 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 53 | 10.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | 2.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 49 | 11.1 | 8.28 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Havířov in MarchCzechia · 13 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in MarchPoland · 25 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Rybnik in MarchPoland · 35 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Bielsko-Biala in MarchPoland · 55 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Gliwice in MarchPoland · 59 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Tychy in MarchPoland · 59 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Zabrze in MarchPoland · 65 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Katowice in MarchPoland · 71 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 52 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 Ostrava) is explained once on the Ostrava year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.