Climate averages 1991–2020
Pécs weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pécs: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osijek (69 km away). In March its highs average 12.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pécs, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Pécs ranks joint 1st of 11 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 10.7°C; Pécs is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 50 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
Pécs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 38 | 7.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 11.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 74 | 11.1 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 64 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 9.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 54 | 9.0 | 8.79 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
- Osijek in MarchCroatia · 69 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Subotica in MarchSerbia · 111 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in MarchHungary · 125 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Kecskemét in MarchHungary · 145 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Szeged in MarchHungary · 149 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Novi Sad in MarchSerbia · 155 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Banja Luka in MarchBosnia and Herzegovina · 165 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Budapest in MarchHungary · 170 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 40 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 Pécs) is explained once on the Pécs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.