Climate averages 1991–2020
Pilsen weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pilsen: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 6th 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 Prague (84 km away). In March its highs average 9.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pilsen, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Pilsen ranks joint 3rd of 12 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 8.3°C; Pilsen is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 42 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
Pilsen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 33 | 8.2 | 10.110 h |
| March, selected | 8.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 45 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 42 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 12.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 69 | 10.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 42 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 9.8 | 8.28 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
- Prague in MarchCzechia · 84 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in MarchCzechia · 112 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- České Budějovice in MarchCzechia · 117 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Regensburg in MarchGermany · 123 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Chemnitz in MarchGermany · 125 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Zwickau in MarchGermany · 126 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Bayreuth in MarchGermany · 131 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Dresden in MarchGermany · 147 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 63 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 Pilsen) is explained once on the Pilsen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.