Climate averages 1991–2020
Chisinau weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Chisinau: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd 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 Bender (51 km away). In March its highs average 9.3°C, about as warm as Chisinau, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Chisinau ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 9.2°C; Chisinau is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Chisinau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 9.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 10.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 69 | 10.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 49 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 6.4 | 8.69 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Bender in MarchMoldova · 51 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Tiraspol in MarchMoldova · 61 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Iaşi in MarchRomania · 97 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Bălţi in MarchMoldova · 109 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Odesa in MarchUkraine · 155 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Bacău in MarchRomania · 156 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Botoşani in MarchRomania · 185 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Galaţi in MarchRomania · 186 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.5°C · 39 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 Chisinau) is explained once on the Chisinau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.