Climate averages 1991–2020
Cluj-Napoca 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 Cluj-Napoca: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (77 km away). In March its highs average 9.6°C, about as warm as Cluj-Napoca, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Cluj-Napoca ranks joint 19th of 27 for the warmest March highs and joint 14th of 27 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 27 cities is 9.8°C; Cluj-Napoca is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 67 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
Cluj-Napoca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 33 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 35 | 9.3 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 9.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 67 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 89 | 15.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 107 | 15.9 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 102 | 15.6 | 15.515 h |
| August | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 84 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 71 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 56 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 42 | 8.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 43 | 8.8 | 8.69 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
- Târgu Mureş in MarchRomania · 77 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -0.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Bistriţa in MarchRomania · 80 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Baia Mare in MarchRomania · 99 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Sibiu in MarchRomania · 115 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Satu Mare in MarchRomania · 128 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Oradea in MarchRomania · 131 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Debrecen in MarchHungary · 172 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Arad in MarchRomania · 186 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 47 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 Cluj-Napoca) is explained once on the Cluj-Napoca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.