Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Gjakovë: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In March its highs average 11.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 11.2°C; Gjakovë is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 75 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 9.19 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
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 31 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 32 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MarchKosovo · 66 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Pristina in MarchKosovo · 69 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Shkodër in MarchAlbania · 83 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in MarchSerbia · 84 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Skopje in MarchNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Podgorica in MarchMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 189 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.