Climate averages 1991–2020
Prague weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Prague: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 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 Ústí nad Labem (69 km away). In March its highs average 8.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Prague, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Prague ranks 1st of 12 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 12 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 12 cities is 8.3°C; Prague is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 38 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
Prague climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 37 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | 5.0°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 43 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.8°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 38 | 9.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 68 | 12.7 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 79 | 12.3 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 80 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 73 | 10.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 56 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 8.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 40 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December | 4.0°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 41 | 9.5 | 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
- Ústí nad Labem in MarchCzechia · 69 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Pilsen in MarchCzechia · 84 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Liberec in MarchCzechia · 88 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Pardubice in MarchCzechia · 97 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in MarchCzechia · 102 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Dresden in MarchGermany · 117 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- České Budějovice in MarchCzechia · 124 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in MarchPoland · 129 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 64 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 Prague) is explained once on the Prague year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.