Climate averages 1991–2020
Podgorica weather
in March.
A cool, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Podgorica: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Shkodër (46 km away). In March its highs average 13.6°C, about as warm as Podgorica, with 163 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 158 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
Podgorica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 180 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 195 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 13.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 189 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 158 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 121 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 67 | 9.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 43 | 6.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 164 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 212 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 286 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 9.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 271 | 13.5 | 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
- Shkodër in MarchAlbania · 46 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 96 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 124 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Durrës in MarchAlbania · 125 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in MarchSerbia · 128 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 129 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Tirana in MarchAlbania · 132 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MarchKosovo · 140 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 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 Podgorica) is explained once on the Podgorica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.