Climate averages 1991–2020
Piteşti 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 Piteşti: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Râmnicu Vâlcea (48 km away). In March its highs average 10.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Piteşti, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Piteşti ranks joint 14th of 27 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 27 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 27 cities is 9.8°C; Piteşti is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 67 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
Piteşti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 40 | 7.0 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 37 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 9.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 50 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 67 | 10.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 88 | 13.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 112 | 13.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 25.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 93 | 11.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 75 | 9.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 72 | 7.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 48 | 7.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.1°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 49 | 7.5 | 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
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MarchRomania · 48 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Ploieşti in MarchRomania · 91 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Craiova in MarchRomania · 103 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Braşov in MarchRomania · 106 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Bucharest in MarchRomania · 109 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Sibiu in MarchRomania · 120 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in MarchRomania · 127 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Ruse in MarchBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 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 Piteşti) is explained once on the Piteşti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.