Climate averages 1991–2020
Prilep weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Prilep: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (73 km away). In March its highs average 13.2°C, 2.2°C warmer than Prilep, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Prilep ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 12.1°C; Prilep is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 54 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
Prilep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 11.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 53 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 52 | 10.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 31 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 21 | 4.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 49 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 7.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 55 | 8.5 | 9.39 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
- Skopje in MarchNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Kumanovo in MarchNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 118 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Elbasan in MarchAlbania · 126 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 128 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Évosmos in MarchGreece · 136 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in MarchGreece · 140 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Tirana in MarchAlbania · 145 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 113 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 Prilep) is explained once on the Prilep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.