Climate averages 1991–2020
Craiova weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Craiova: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 6th 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 Târgu Jiu (91 km away). In March its highs average 10.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Craiova, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Craiova ranks 1st of 27 for the warmest March highs and joint 7th of 27 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 27 cities is 9.8°C; Craiova is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 17.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 50 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
Craiova climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 38 | 6.8 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 33 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 11.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 68 | 10.6 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 42 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 49 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 45 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 42 | 7.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 7.1 | 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
- Târgu Jiu in MarchRomania · 91 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in MarchRomania · 97 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MarchRomania · 98 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Piteşti in MarchRomania · 103 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Pleven in MarchBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Sibiu in MarchRomania · 167 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 180 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Bucharest in MarchRomania · 184 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 46 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 Craiova) is explained once on the Craiova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.