Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Skopje: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 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 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In March its highs average 12.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Skopje, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 3 cities is 12.1°C; Skopje is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 57 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 9.29 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
- Kumanovo in MarchNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 62 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 64 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Prilep in MarchNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Pristina in MarchKosovo · 78 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 93 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MarchKosovo · 109 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Leskovac in MarchSerbia · 119 kmHigh 11.9°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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.