Climate averages 1991–2020
Szombathely weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Szombathely: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Graz (91 km away). In March its highs average 10.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Szombathely, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szombathely ranks joint 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 10.7°C; Szombathely is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 47 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
Szombathely climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 30 | 7.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.9°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 33 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 45 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 12.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 79 | 12.1 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 76 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 41 | 8.1 | 8.69 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
- Graz in MarchAustria · 91 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Győr in MarchHungary · 91 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Maribor in MarchSlovenia · 105 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Bratislava in MarchSlovakia · 108 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Vienna in MarchAustria · 110 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in MarchHungary · 135 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Nitra in MarchSlovakia · 162 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Zagreb in MarchCroatia · 165 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 59 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 Szombathely) is explained once on the Szombathely year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.