Climate averages 1991–2020
Bucharest weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bucharest: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (58 km away). In March its highs average 10.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bucharest, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bucharest ranks joint 3rd of 27 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 27 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 27 cities is 9.8°C; Bucharest is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 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
Bucharest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 39 | 6.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 33 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 11.3°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 46 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 57 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 88 | 12.3 | 15.515 h |
| July | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 79 | 10.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 49 | 7.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 60 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 53 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 45 | 6.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 44 | 6.9 | 8.99 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
- Ploieşti in MarchRomania · 58 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 66 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Buzău in MarchRomania · 98 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Piteşti in MarchRomania · 109 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Braşov in MarchRomania · 141 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Shumen in MarchBulgaria · 145 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MarchRomania · 156 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 164 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°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 Bucharest) is explained once on the Bucharest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.