Climate averages 1991–2020
Opole weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Opole: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gliwice (67 km away). In March its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Opole, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Opole ranks joint 3rd of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 7.1°C; Opole is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 43 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
Opole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 42 | 10.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | 3.7°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 38 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 8.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 49 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 43 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 69 | 12.0 | 15.515 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 78 | 12.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 98 | 13.0 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 10.4 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 64 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 44 | 9.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 3.0°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 43 | 10.0 | 8.18 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
- Gliwice in MarchPoland · 67 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Zabrze in MarchPoland · 72 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Rybnik in MarchPoland · 77 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Wrocław in MarchPoland · 79 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 0.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Bytom in MarchPoland · 80 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Częstochowa in MarchPoland · 85 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Katowice in MarchPoland · 90 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Jastrzębie Zdrój in MarchPoland · 92 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 52 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 Opole) is explained once on the Opole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.