Climate averages 1991–2020
Volos weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Volos: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lárisa (54 km away). In March its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Volos, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Greece, Volos ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 15.4°C; Volos is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 45 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
Volos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 11.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 85 | 10.6 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 14.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 6.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 44 | 5.5 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 19 | 3.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 26 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 24 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 63 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 88 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 12.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 11.6 | 9.59 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
- Lárisa in MarchGreece · 54 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in MarchGreece · 141 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Évosmos in MarchGreece · 145 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Acharnés in MarchGreece · 158 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Pátra in MarchGreece · 163 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Khalándrion in MarchGreece · 167 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Athens in MarchGreece · 168 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Piraeus in MarchGreece · 170 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 49 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 Volos) is explained once on the Volos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.