Climate averages 1991–2020
Pristina weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pristina: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Mitrovicë (34 km away). In March its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Pristina, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Pristina ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 11.2°C; Pristina is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 68 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
Pristina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 10.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 68 | 11.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 12.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 9.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 46 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 9.2 | 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
- Mitrovicë in MarchKosovo · 34 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 45 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 62 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 69 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Leskovac in MarchSerbia · 73 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in MarchSerbia · 74 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MarchNorth Macedonia · 75 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Skopje in MarchNorth Macedonia · 78 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 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 Pristina) is explained once on the Pristina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.