Climate averages 1991–2020
Debrecen weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Debrecen: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyíregyháza (48 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Debrecen, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Debrecen ranks joint 8th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 10.7°C; Debrecen is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 51 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
Debrecen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 40 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 9.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 77 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 58 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 8.59 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
- Nyíregyháza in MarchHungary · 48 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Oradea in MarchRomania · 58 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Miskolc in MarchHungary · 90 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Satu Mare in MarchRomania · 97 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Szolnok in MarchHungary · 114 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Mukachevo in MarchUkraine · 130 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in MarchUkraine · 131 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Košice in MarchSlovakia · 134 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 41 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 Debrecen) is explained once on the Debrecen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.